Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. Not to...
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Fort Zeelandia, 1661–1662 Fort Zeelandia (Paramaribo), in Suriname, originally built by the English and called Fort Willoughby Fort Zeelandia (Guyana)...
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Zeelandia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zeelandia may refer to: 1336 Zeelandia, a main-belt asteroid Fort Zeelandia (Guyana), a historical fort...
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Essequibo: Guyana's Longest River". Guyanese Bank. Retrieved 26 November 2021. "Fort Island". Guyana Tourism. Retrieved 26 November 2021. "Fort Zeelandia (including...
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Bank Essequibo, Guyana Victoria Vreed en Hoop (Regional capital) Vriesland Yupukari Wakapau Weldaad Windsor Forest Wowetta Zeeburg Zeelandia Abary Arakaka...
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Nova Zeelandia, and after leaving 50 men to hold it, he proceeded up the Essequibo and occupied Kyk-Over-Al with 20 men.[citation needed] By 1672, Fort Kyk...
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Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (category Regions of Guyana)
Vive-la-force, Guyana Windsor Forest Zeeburg Zeelandia Coconut grove on Wakenaam Island, Essequibo River Ruins of Fort Zeelandia on Fort Island, Essequibo...
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of 2019, there are nine National Monuments: Fort Zeelandia and the Court of Policy Fort Kyk-Over-Al Fort Nassau State House Red House Umana Yana and the...
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(Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) is the regional capital of East Berbice-Corentyne, Guyana and one of the country's largest towns. It is 100 kilometres (62 mi) from...
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and 50 smaller plantations. The colony was initially governed from Fort Zeelandia by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande, the governor of Essequibo. In 1750...
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Mabaruma (redirect from Mabaruma, Guyana)
administrative centre and regional capital for Region One (Barima-Waini) of Guyana. It is located close to the Aruka River (the Venezuelan border) on a narrow...
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Schanskop, Pretoria, ZA Fort Wilhelmus, New Jersey, USA Fort Wonderboompoort, Pretoria, ZA Fort Zeelandia, SUR Kasteel de Goede Hoop, Western Cape, ZA Kievits...
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Lethem is a town in Guyana, located in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region. It is the regional capital of Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo. It is named...
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Vreed en Hoop (redirect from Vreed en Hoop, Guyana)
River on its west bank, in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana, located at sea level. It is the location of the Regional Democratic Council...
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Court of Policy (category National Monuments in Guyana)
1928 Guyana.org "FORT ZEELANDIA & THE DUTCH HERITAGE MUSEUM (COURT OF POLICY)". National Trust of Guyana. Retrieved 27 August 2020. "Fort Zeelandia (including...
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citizens who had criticized the military dictatorship and held them at Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo. The dictatorship had all these men executed over the...
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Somewhat further downstream, on Forteiland or "Great Flag Island", Fort Zeelandia was built. From 1624 the area was permanently inhabited and from 1632...
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leading town of the now Dutch colony of Suriname. The fort protecting Paramaribo was renamed Fort Zeelandia in honor of the Dutch province that had financed...
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Guyanese nationality law (redirect from Nationality law of Guyana)
Guyanese nationality law is regulated by the 1980 Constitution of Guyana, as amended; the Citizenship Act of 1967, and its revisions; and various British...
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Mahdia is a town in Guyana, located near the centre of the country at an altitude of 415 m (1,362 ft). Commerce is centred on the area's gold and diamond...
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Indians, the original inhabitants fled the interior of Guyana, founding the colony of Essequibo around Fort Kyk-Over-Al shortly after. A second, and more serious...
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colonies resulted in the creation of a combined Court of Policy in Fort Zeelandia in 1783, and both colonies were governed by the same governor, however...
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arrested by the police in Guyana and returned to Suriname. Piko and three of his supporters were subsequently jailed in Fort Zeelandia. On 19 February 1990...
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the governing authority of the western colonies, and was assigned to Fort Zeelandia in Essequibo as a secretary. In 1738, he established the College of...
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Enmore is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles (5.1 km2) in size and has a multi-ethnic population...
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History of Suriname (redirect from Nederlands Guyana)
Crijnssen, on February 26, 1667. Fort Willoughby was captured the next day after a three-hour fight and renamed Fort Zeelandia. On July 31, 1667, the English...
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Kato is an indigenous village in the Potaro-Siparuni Region of Guyana. The village is mainly inhabited by Patamona people. The village is located in the...
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Evolution of the Dutch colonial empire (section Guyana)
positions. Formosa was the Dutch colony on Taiwan. It was based at Fort Zeelandia from 1624 to 1662, when Koxinga conquered the island. The island was...
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Essequibo River (category Rivers of Guyana)
Island, about 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi). Fort Island is off the eastern side of Hogg Island. Fort Zeelandia is located on the island, and was the seat...
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Interracial marriage (section Guyana)
etc., and have only partial Macanese heritage. During the siege of Fort Zeelandia in which Chinese Ming loyalist forces commanded by Koxinga besieged...
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