Draft:Swedish colonisation attempt in Barima
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In the 1730s Sweden wanted to get a own possession in the Caribbean, so they could begin their own trade in sugar and other products, instead of using others powers colonies that sells Swedish commodities.
In July 1732, there was an attempt to settle the Esequibo region between the lower Orinoco and Barima rivers in Guyana's present-day Barima-Waini region [1]. When Hernandez sailed out in the Orinoco river by the Grand Mouth and entered Barima, where, according to statements of the Carib Indians, the Swedes were established. They testified their statements by telling that they had seen a number of white men in the area [2]. A letter from the Dutch governor of Essequibo dating back to 8 July 1734, which they mentioned that Spaniards had brought ten to twelve barques of more militiamen to the region, the Spaniards had informed the Dutch of the Swedish colonial attempt in Barima[3][4]. In 1737 the were expelled by Spanish forces led by Major Sergeant Carlos Francisco Francois Sucre y Pardo. The idea of a colony in Barima resurfaced again in 1741.
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- ^ Arbitramiento sobre los límites entre Venezuela y la Guayana Británica: alegato y contra-alegato (in Spanish). Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. 1981.
- ^ The Swedish-American Historical Quarterly. Swedish Pioneer Historical Society. 1960.
- ^ The Swedish-American Historical Quarterly. Swedish Pioneer Historical Society. 1960.
- ^ Ballard, A. (1899). "The English Boroughs in the Reign of John". The English Historical Review. XIV (LIII): 93–104. doi:10.1093/ehr/XIV.LIII.93. ISSN 0013-8266.
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