A report on British Guiana
British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.
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Guyana
7 linksCountry on the northern mainland of South America.
Country on the northern mainland of South America.
It was governed as British Guiana, with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s.
Berbice
4 linksRegion along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch Republic.
Region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch Republic.
After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the latter year, it was merged with Essequibo and Demerara to form the colony of British Guiana in 1831.
Guayana Esequiba
6 linksDisputed territory of 159500 km2 west of the Essequibo River that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela.
Disputed territory of 159500 km2 west of the Essequibo River that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela.
The boundary dispute was inherited from the colonial powers (Spain in the case of Venezuela, and the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the case of Guyana) and has been complicated by the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966.
Essequibo (colony)
5 linksDutch colony on the Essequibo River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America from 1616 to 1814.
Dutch colony on the Essequibo River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America from 1616 to 1814.
On 21 July 1831, Demerara-Essequibo was united with Berbice to create British Guiana with the Essequibo River as its west border, although many British settlers lived west of the Essequibo.
Demerara
3 linksHistorical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana.
Historical region in the Guianas on the north coast of South America which is now part of the country of Guyana.
It was a Dutch colony until 1815 and a county of British Guiana from 1838 to 1966.
Venezuela
5 linksCountry on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
In 1895, a longstanding dispute with Great Britain about the territory of Guayana Esequiba, which Britain claimed as part of British Guiana and Venezuela saw as Venezuelan territory, erupted into the Venezuela Crisis of 1895.
Venezuelan crisis of 1895
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The Venezuelan crisis of 1895 occurred over Venezuela's longstanding dispute with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland about the territory of Essequibo and Guayana Esequiba, which Britain claimed as part of British Guiana and Venezuela saw as Venezuelan territory.
Surinam (Dutch colony)
3 linksDutch plantation colony in the Guianas, neighboured by the equally Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of Cayenne to the east.
Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas, neighboured by the equally Dutch colony of Berbice to the west, and the French colony of Cayenne to the east.
After the other Dutch colonies in the Guianas, i.e., Berbice, Essequibo, Demerara, and Pomeroon, were lost to the British in 1814, the remaining colony of Surinam was often referred to as Dutch Guiana, especially after 1831, when the British merged Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara into British Guiana.
British West Indies
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The British West Indies (BWI) were the British territories in the West Indies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Trinidad and Tobago.
Cuyuni River
4 linksSouth American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River.
South American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River.
On January 2, 1895, the "Incident of the Cuyuni river", so named by the general Domingo Antonio Sifontes, was an armed confrontation between Venezuelans and British in the region of the river over the territorial dispute between Venezuela and British Guyana, which under Sifontes the Venezuelans left winners.