MAPS OF HISTORY

MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Guyana

ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES

Guyana, on the map of history

What was Guyana before it was Guyana? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.

Essequibo & Demerara (mod. Guyana) · The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848

APR 1775Colonial possessions — the opening position
JAN 1804Britain & its empire

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Guyana · The Great War, 1914–1918

NOV 1914Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position

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Guyana · The Cold War, 1945–1991

AUG 1945NATO & core Western allies — the opening position

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