A report on The Guianas, Guyana and Dutch colonisation of the Guianas
The Dutch originally claimed all of Guiana (also called De wilde kust, the "Wild Coast") but—following attempts to sell it first to Bavaria and then to Hanau and the loss of sections to Portugal, Britain, and France—the section actually settled and controlled by the Netherlands became known as Dutch Guiana (Dutch: Nederlands-Guiana).
- Dutch colonisation of the GuianasGuyana, formerly known as British Guiana from 1831 until 1966, after the colonies of Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara, taken from the Netherlands in 1814, were merged into a single colony
- The GuianasSuriname, formerly Dutch Guiana, until 1814 together with Berbice, Essequibo and Demerara
- The GuianasAfter the Napoleonic Wars in 1814, Britain gained control of the three colonies (Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo) west of the Courantyne River, which became British Guiana and then modern Guyana.
- Dutch colonisation of the GuianasThe region known as "the Guianas" consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "land of many waters".
- GuyanaThe name "Guyana" derives from Guiana, the original name for the region that formerly included Guyana (British Guiana), Suriname (Dutch Guiana), French Guiana, and parts of Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.
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Suriname
0 linksCountry on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.
Country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.
It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south.
When the territory was taken over by the Dutch, it became part of a group of colonies known as Dutch Guiana.
The earliest documented colony in Guiana was an English settlement named Marshall's Creek along the Suriname River.