Essequibo (colony)
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Essequibo was a Dutch colony in the Guianas and later a county on the Essequibo River in the Guiana region on the north coast of South America. It was a colony of the Dutch West India Company between
The ruins of Fort Kyk-Over-Al, which was constructed in 1616
Pomeroon (colony)
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Pomeroon is the name of a former Dutch plantation colony on the Pomeroon River in the Guyana region on the north coast of South America. After early colonization attempts in the late 16th century were
Essequibo (colony)
…It was located around the lower course of the Essequibo River. Essequibo was founded by colonists from the first Zeelandic colony, or trading post, Pomeroon founded in 1581, which had been destroyed by Spaniards and local warriors around 1596. Led by Joost van der Hooge, the Zeelanders founded Fort Kyk-Over-Al…
The Pomeroon colony in 1688, one year before its destruction by French privateers.