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This category is intended for resources in English related to the History of Guyana. The description of the resource must be in English, brief, and summarize its content.

Resources in This Category

• Chinese in Guyana: Their Roots

  http://members.tripod.com/~CGRoots/
  Information about the introduction of the first Chinese immigrants to Guyana (then called British Guiana) between 1853 and 1879.

• Guyana and the Caribbean: News and Information

  http://www.guyanaca.com/
  Election results 1997-2001, history archive, special features and articles, audio files and links.

• Guyana News and Information

  http://www.guyana.org/
  General elections results, country map, history of the republic, speeches by the president, and other sections.

• Guyana: Land of Six Peoples

  http://www.lasalle.edu/~daniels/guyexp/gy1001.htm
  Resource by Professor Len Daniels at La Salle University. The only web site reference for Guyana cited by the Brittanica Book of the Year, 1999 edition (page 615)

• Hill Coolies

  http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/etext/scoble/index.html
  Internet version of an anti-slavery pamphlet published in 1840.

• The Discovery of Guiana, 1595

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1595raleigh-guiana.asp
  Written by Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618). Provided by the Modern History Sourcebook.

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