Dutch colonisation of the Guianas

Dutch Guiana (Dutch Nederlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana ) was the collective name for Dutch colonies on the coast of Guiana. As early as 1600 had applied to the rivers between the Pomeroon in the west and in the east of Suriname Dutch small trading post. After the founding of the West India Company (WIC ) in 1621 were the colonies Pomeroon, Essequibo (including Demerara ) and Berbice to trading monopoly area of the WIC. After 1674 had fallen by the Peace of Westminster formally Suriname to the Netherlands, you referred to this entire area as Dutch Guiana.

The territory included present-day Suriname and Guyana.

After Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 in Waterloo, Dutch Guiana was divided in Suriname, which remained a Dutch colony, and Guyana, which was a British colony. This was one of three "lost" colonies together with the Cape Colony and Ceylon. In exchange for the lost territories, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands from the former Batavian Republic, the Austrian Netherlands and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège was formed.