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History of Guyana in maps
Guyana as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1750 to 2015: Guyana, Essequibo & Demerara, Essequibo-Demerara / Guyana. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Guyana before it was Guyana? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History atlases — 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.
Guyana · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Essequibo & Demerara (mod. Guyana) · Age of Revolutions
| Colonial possessions — the opening position | |
| Britain & its empire |
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Essequibo-Demerara / Guyana · Haiti and Kenya independence
The Dutch colonies of Essequibo and Demerara grew sugar and cotton on reclaimed coastal land and passed to Britain in 1814. In 1823 thousands of enslaved people rose in the Demerara rebellion, demanding the freedom they believed London had granted. British Guiana became independent as Guyana in 1966.
| Under colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Other states and societies |
HAITI AND KENYA INDEPENDENCE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Guyana · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Guyana · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Guyana · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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