The Guianas
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The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, are a geographical region in north-eastern South America. In contemporary use, the term usually refers to "the three Guianas": Guyana, Suriname, and Fren
Venezuela and the Guianas (1831), according to English cartography.
Surinam (Dutch colony)
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Surinam, also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in the Guianas and the predecessor polity of the modern country of Suriname. It was bordered by the fellow Dutch colony
An illustration of a Dutch plantation owner and slave from William Blake's illustrations of the work of John Gabriel Stedman, first published in 1792–1794
Baron Aarnoud van Heemstra, the Governor of Suriname (1923)