A report on Guyana, British Guiana and Essequibo River
The Essequibo River (Spanish: Río Esequibo originally called by Alonso de Ojeda Río Dulce) is the largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon.
- Essequibo RiverSince 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
- British GuianaIt was governed as British Guiana, with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s.
- GuyanaSince its independence in 1824, Venezuela has claimed the area of land to the west of the Essequibo River.
- GuyanaThe Dutch colony of Essequibo was founded in 1616 and located in the region of the Essequibo River that later became part of British Guiana.
- Essequibo RiverVenezuela claimed all lands west of the Essequibo River as its territory (see map in this section).
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Venezuela
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Country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana.
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.
Other basins are the Gulf of Paria and the Esequibo River.
Cuyuni River
0 linksThe Cuyuni River is a South American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River.
It rises in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela, where it descends northward to El Dorado, and turns eastward to meander through the tropical rain forests of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana.
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.