In 1840, the British Government assigned the German-born explorer Robert Hermann Schomburgk to survey and mark out the western boundary of British Guiana with newly …

Dec 12, 2025 · Indigenous peoples inhabited Guyana prior to European settlement, and their name for the land, guiana (“land of water”), gave the country its name. Present-day Guyana …

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 kno...

Prime Minister Jagan requested the United Nations (UN) to urge the British government to grant immediate independence to British Guiana (Guyana) on July 19, 1962.

By the time the dust had settled from European wars and associated land trading, the British had control of British Guiana (1831), the French had French Guiana, and the Dutch had control …

The British renamed the principle city as Georgetown in 1812 and formally accepted possession of the three colonies in 1814 as part of the Treaty of London. In 1831, the three separate …

The British again seized the colony that became British Guiana in 1803, holding it until its independence in 1966. Demerara is now Georgetown, capital of Guyana.

Apr 7, 2025 · As a result of its fears of communist influence in the colony, the British Government suspended the constitution, declared a state of emergency, and militarily occupied British …

Like other colonies in the Caribbean, British Guiana, today Guyana, sent contingents of volunteers to join the British West Indies Regiment. In total, over 700 British Guianese men enlisted.

Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectively. Broadly, it refers to the South American coast …