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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 3071354, member: 15445&quot;]Sail south (in 1813) past the Lesser Antilles to the north coast of South America &amp; you would find Essequibo and Demerary.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]771845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The original area of Essequibo and Demerary included present-day Suriname, French Guiana, and parts of Brazil and Venezuela. Essequibo and Demerary was sighted by Columbus in 1498. The region was claimed for the British by Sir Walter Raleigh during the reign of Elizabeth I. For the next 150 years, possession alternated between the Dutch, French, and the British. In 1831 the territories were united as British Guiana. In the mid 20th Century British Guiana won independence and took the traditional name of Guyana. Guyana became a republic in 1970 and is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where to next?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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