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British Guiana

British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies. It was located on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana.[2]

This article is about the British colony. For the modern state, see Guyana. For other uses, see Guyana (disambiguation).

British Guiana

British colony

Georgetown

Official
English
Vernacular language
Guyanese Creole

Native languages
Other languages

 

William IV

Victoria

Edward VII

George V

Edward VIII

George VI

Elizabeth II

Legislative council

New Imperialism

21 July 1831

1928

26 May 1966

231,800 km2 (89,500 sq mi)

307,391

Spanish dollar (to 1876)
British Guiana dollar (to 1940s)
British West Indies dollar (1949–65)
East Caribbean dollar (1965–66)

GY

Guyana

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The first known Europeans to encounter Guiana was Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer, and his crew. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle there, starting in the early 17th century. They founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century.


In 1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies during hostilities with the French, who had occupied the Netherlands. Britain returned control of the territory to the Batavian Republic in 1802, but captured the colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars. The Netherlands officially ceded the colonies to the United Kingdom in 1815.


The British consolidated the territories into a single colony in 1831. The colony's capital was at Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812). Since the late 19th century, the economy has become more diversified but has still relied on resource exploitation. Guyana became independent of the United Kingdom on 26 May 1966.

Economy of Guyana

Geography of Guyana

Guyanese British

History of Guyana

Politics of Guyana

Robert Hermann Schomburgk

Charles Waterton

British Guiana travel guide from Wikivoyage 5°0′0″N 58°45′0″W / 5.00000°N 58.75000°W / 5.00000; -58.75000

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