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Essequibo, Demerara & British Guiana

1616 – 1965
ColonySouth America

Dutch sugar colonies on the Essequibo, Demerara and Berbice rivers that passed to Britain in 1814 and merged into British Guiana.

United as British Guiana in 1831; became independent Guyana in 1966 — its western border with Venezuela still disputed.

Borders in 1831 · drawn from 3 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Essequibo, Demerara & British Guiana — the shape you scrub through changes in 1616 · 1814 · 1831.

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