A report on Guyana, Venezuela 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 RiverGuyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east.
- GuyanaThe 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.
- VenezuelaSince its independence in 1824, Venezuela has claimed the area of land to the west of the Essequibo River.
- GuyanaVenezuela claims that the Essequibo is the true border between it and Guyana, claiming all territory west of it.
- Essequibo RiverOther basins are the Gulf of Paria and the Esequibo River.
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British Guiana
0 linksBritish 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.
Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.
In 1840, the British Government assigned Robert Hermann Schomburgk to survey and mark out the western boundary of British Guiana with newly independent Venezuela.
Venezuela claimed all lands west of the Essequibo River as its territory (see map in this section).