Post by account_disabled on Feb 15, 2024 12:25:01 GMT 1
In to unify its territories Spain created the Captaincy General of Venezuela and Essequibo entered its jurisdiction . According to Hever Castro before the English took official control of Guyana in maps of the time had Essequibo as the territory of Venezuela. An example of this is the map of South America drawn up in by the famous official cartographer of the English John Cary.
But as the Guyanese academic Ivelaw Griffith recalls when the Tunisia Email List from the Dutch in one of the things that was not done was a clear demarcation of what is British territory and Venezuelan territory a country which had become independent from Spain in . According to Venezuelan historiography the English based on the chaos that arose in the Venezuelan war of independence began to invade Venezuelan territory east of the Essequibo River.
Faced with this situation Simn Bolvar resorted to diplomacy in and presented a formal complaint in London to the British authorities. That initiative was not successful. Just a few months after the formation of Gran Colombia which existed legally between and it can be seen that on his maps Guayana Esequiba was included within his territory.
But as the Guyanese academic Ivelaw Griffith recalls when the Tunisia Email List from the Dutch in one of the things that was not done was a clear demarcation of what is British territory and Venezuelan territory a country which had become independent from Spain in . According to Venezuelan historiography the English based on the chaos that arose in the Venezuelan war of independence began to invade Venezuelan territory east of the Essequibo River.
Faced with this situation Simn Bolvar resorted to diplomacy in and presented a formal complaint in London to the British authorities. That initiative was not successful. Just a few months after the formation of Gran Colombia which existed legally between and it can be seen that on his maps Guayana Esequiba was included within his territory.