A report on Guyana, Venezuela and British Guiana

Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume.
The German Welser Armada exploring Venezuela.
Map of British Guiana in 1908
Rupununi Savannah
El Libertador, Simón Bolívar.
Illustration of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
Satellite image of Guyana from 2004
Revolution of 19 April 1810, the beginning of Venezuela's independence, by Martín Tovar y Tovar
British Guiana and its boundary lines, 1896
Anomaloglossus beebei (Kaieteur), specific to the Guianas
The signing of Venezuela's independence, by Martín Tovar y Tovar.
Stamp with a portrait of King George VI, 1938
The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.
Flag of Venezuela between 1954 and 2006.
A tractor in a rice field on Guyana's coastal plain
Rómulo Betancourt (president 1945–1948 / 1959–1964), one of the major democracy leaders of Venezuela.
A proportional representation of Guyana exports, 2019
Table where the Puntofijo Pact was signed on 31 October 1958
Thatched roof houses in Guyana
Sabana Grande district, Caracas (1973)
Guyana's population density in 2005 (people per km2)
President Carlos Andrés Pérez was impeached on corruption charges in 1993.
A graph showing the population of Guyana from 1961 to 2003. The population decline in the 1980s can be clearly seen.
Chávez with fellow South American presidents Néstor Kirchner of Argentina and Lula da Silva of Brazil
The State House, Guyana's presidential residence
Nicolás Maduro with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the 48th Mercosur Summit in Brazil in 2015.
The Supreme Court of Guyana
Maduro was inaugurated for a contested and controversial second term on 10 January 2019.
Guyana's parliament building since 1834
Topographic map of Venezuela
Map of Guyana, showing the Essequibo River and (shaded dark) the river's drainage basin. Venezuela claims territory up to the western bank of the river. The historical claim by the UK included the river basin well into current-day Venezuela.
Venezuela map of Köppen climate classification
Cross-border bridge from Guyana to Brazil near Lethem
The national animal of Venezuela is the troupial (Icterus icterus),
Valencia Lake, formerly praised by Alexander von Humboldt for its beauty, is massively polluted due to the countless sewage systems pouring residuals.
St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
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Providence Stadium as seen from the East Bank Highway
Bolívar Peak, the highest mountain in Venezuela
Los Llanos, Apure state
Valle de Mifafí, Mérida State
Médanos de Coro National Park, Falcón State
National Assembly of Venezuela building
Protests in Altamira, Caracas (2014)
The Guayana Esequiba claim area is a territory administered by Guyana and historically claimed by Venezuela.
President Maduro among other Latin American leaders participating in a 2017 ALBA gathering
A Sukhoi Su-30MKV of the Venezuelan Air Force
Map of the Venezuelan federation
A proportional representation of Venezuela exports, 2019
Líder Mall, one of the main shopping centers in Caracas
Ángel falls one of Venezuela's top tourist attractions, the world highest waterfall
Empty shelves in a store in Venezuela due to shortages in 2014
Venezuela's exports of crude oil from January 2018 to December 2019
A map of world oil reserves according to OPEC, 2013. Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
Caracas Metro in Los Jardines Station
The Venezuelan Academy of Language studies the development of the Spanish in the country.
University Hospital, Central University of Venezuela
Illiteracy rate in Venezuela based on data from UNESCO and the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Venezuela
The joropo, as depicted in a 1912 drawing by Eloy Palacios
Antonio Herrera Toro, self portrait 1880
The Guanaguanare dance, a popular dance in Portuguesa State
Venezuela national baseball team in 2015
Venezuela national football team, popularly known as the "Vinotinto"
Venezuelan diaspora in the world Venezuela + 1,000,000 + 100,000 + 10,000 + 1,000

Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.

- British Guiana

Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east.

- Guyana

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.

- Venezuela

It was governed as British Guiana, with a mostly plantation-style economy until the 1950s.

- 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.

- Venezuela

In 1840, the British Government assigned Robert Hermann Schomburgk to survey and mark out the western boundary of British Guiana with newly independent Venezuela.

- British Guiana

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Striped, the area claimed by Venezuela.

Guayana Esequiba

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Striped, the area claimed by Venezuela.
Guayana Esequiba in light green with the rest of Guyana in dark green; Venezuela shown in orange
A 1625 map by Hessel Gerritsz, showing Dutch territory (in yellow) ranging from the Orinoco River to the Amazon River
Ruins of Fort Kyk-Over-Al, constructed by the Dutch in 1616
A 1775 map of the Americas by Rigobert Bonne.
The map of Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Demerara in 1798.
An 1840 map of Gran Colombia including the Esequibo region.
1896 map detailing British Guiana and the disputes surrounding the Schomburgk Line
Official Map of the United States of Venezuela by L. Robelin 1890, which shows the Venezuelan historical claim to the region.
Punch cartoon after the conclusion of the Tribunal of Arbitration. PEACE AND PLENTY. Lord Salisbury (chuckling). "I like arbitration — In the PROPER PLACE!"
Map of Guyana, showing the Essequibo River and (shaded dark) the river's drainage basin. Venezuela claims territory up to the western bank of the river. The historical claim by the UK included the river basin well into current-day Venezuela.
Map of Venezuela, showing the maritime areas in blue and Guayana Esequiba in gray.

Guayana Esequiba, sometimes also called Esequibo or Essequibo, is a 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 River

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Hauling canoe up the headwaters of the Essequibo River
CushionCraft CC7 hovercraft in North Savannas of Guyana during the filming of "The World About Us: The Forbidden Route".
Leaving Gunns to the unexplored wilderness
The Expedition team at the source of Sipu river
close to the source area of Sipu river
The team at the furthest source of the Essequibo River aka the Sipu 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.

The Dutch colony of Essequibo was founded in 1616 and located in the region of the Essequibo River that later became part of British Guiana.

Venezuela claims that the Essequibo is the true border between it and Guyana, claiming all territory west of it.