A report on Cuyuni River

Inspector Barnes in the Venezuelan station.

South American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River.

- Cuyuni River
Inspector Barnes in the Venezuelan station.

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Striped, the area claimed by Venezuela.

Guayana Esequiba

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Disputed 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.

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.

Dutch settlements were also established on the Cuyuni River, Caroní River and Moruka River.

Essequibo River

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Largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon.

Largest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon.

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

Its many tributaries include the Rupununi, Potaro, Mazaruni, Siparuni, Kiyuwini, Konawaruk and Cuyuni rivers.

Guyana

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Country on the northern mainland of South America.

Country on the northern mainland of South America.

Kaieteur Falls is the world's largest single-drop waterfall by volume.
Rupununi Savannah
Satellite image of Guyana from 2004
Anomaloglossus beebei (Kaieteur), specific to the Guianas
The hoatzin is the national bird of Guyana.
A tractor in a rice field on Guyana's coastal plain
A proportional representation of Guyana exports, 2019
Thatched roof houses in Guyana
Guyana's population density in 2005 (people per km2)
A graph showing the population of Guyana from 1961 to 2003. The population decline in the 1980s can be clearly seen.
The State House, Guyana's presidential residence
The Supreme Court of Guyana
Guyana's parliament building since 1834
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.
Cross-border bridge from Guyana to Brazil near Lethem
St George's Cathedral, Georgetown
Providence Stadium as seen from the East Bank Highway

When the British surveyed British Guiana in 1840, they included the entire Cuyuni River basin within the colony.

British Guiana

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British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.

British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America.

Map of British Guiana in 1908
Illustration of the Demerara rebellion of 1823
British Guiana and its boundary lines, 1896
Stamp with a portrait of King George VI, 1938

Venezuela did not accept the Schomburgk Line, which placed the entire Cuyuni River basin within the colony.

Map of the Essequibo drainage basin with the Mazaruni just above center

Mazaruni River

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Tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana.

Tributary of the Essequibo River in northern Guyana.

Map of the Essequibo drainage basin with the Mazaruni just above center
Roraima Plateau is the source of the river

Its source is in the remote western forests of the Pakaraima Mountains and its confluence with the Cuyuni River is near Bartica.

El Dorado, Venezuela

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Small town in eastern Venezuela.

Small town in eastern Venezuela.

It is situated in Bolívar State, on the Cuyuni River.

Map showing: * The extreme border claimed by Britain * The current boundary (roughly) and * The extreme border claimed by Venezuela

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.

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.

Map showing: * The extreme border claimed by Britain * The current boundary (roughly) and * The extreme border claimed by Venezuela
Venezuela map (1810) showing the border with the Essequibo river.
Map of Gran Colombia (1819) including the Essequibo border.
Cartoon in El Diablo, 1894, depicting England, Venezuela and President Joaquín Crespo, satirizing Britain's ambition
General Domingo A. Sifontes
President Cleveland twist the tail of the British Lion; cartoon in Puck by J.S. Pughe, 1895
House Resolution 252
Venezuela supported its claim by printing an 1896 postage stamp with a map showing the Guianas up to the east bank of the Essequibo River as "Guayana Venezolana".
An 1896 cartoon from an American newspaper, following Britain's agreement to go to arbitration.
Punch cartoon after the conclusion of the Tribunal of Arbitration. PEACE AND PLENTY. Lord Salisbury (chuckling). "I like arbitration — In the PROPER PLACE!"

The second was drawing the border at the Wenamu River rather than the Cuyuni River, giving Venezuela a substantial territory east of the line that Britain had originally refused to include in the arbitration.

1905 Map of Ankoko Island (shown in the circle)

Ankoko Island

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1905 Map of Ankoko Island (shown in the circle)
Caño "Brazo Negro" that emerges from the main channel of the Cuyuní River to the North and forms the island of Anacoco (in the background).
Entrance to the military post of the Venezuelan army on the island of Anacoco through the Caño "Brazo Negro".
Venezuelan military post on the island of Anacoco.

Ankoko Island (Isla de Anacoco) is an island located at the confluence of the Cuyuni River and Wenamu River, at 6.71667°N, -61.13333°W, on the border between Venezuela and the disputed area of Guayana Esequiba.

Bartica

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Road in Bartica

Bartica, Essequibo, is a town on the left bank of the Essequibo River in Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region 7), at the confluence of the Cuyuni and Mazaruni Rivers with the Essequibo River in Guyana.

Guyana Goldfields

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Canadian company that owned and operated the Aurora gold mine in Guyana.

Canadian company that owned and operated the Aurora gold mine in Guyana.

Guyana Goldfields owned and operated the Aurora Gold Mine in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region, along the Cuyuni River, of Guyana.