Categories: Guyana | Guyana-related stubs // Pre-colonial The history of Guyana begins before the arrival of Europeans, when the region of present-day Guyana was inhabited by both Carib and Arawak tribes, who named it Guiana, which means land of many waters. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dutch Empire. ... The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) currently consists of the three constituent parts: the mainland European Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen) and Aruba. ... Berbice is the Second largest of the three counties in Guyana and is known as the ancient county. ... Map of European presence in 1652 The Cape Colony was a part of South Africa under British occupation during the 19th century. ... Demerara was one of the original British colonies that was joined into the colony of British Guiana, now Guyana. ... View of Dejima in Nagasaki Bay Scale model of Dutch trading post on display in Dejima (2003) Edo-era boundaries of Dejima island (outlined in red) within the modern city of Nagasaki. ... The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies set up by the Dutch East India Company, which came under administration of the Netherlands during the 19th century (see Indonesia). ... // Native American period The history of Suriname dates from 3000 BCE, when Native Americans first inhabited the area. ... The Essequibo River is the longest river in Guyana, and the largest river between the Orinoco and Amazon. ... The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) currently consists of the three constituent parts: the mainland European Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland), Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen) and Aruba. ... Dutch New Guinea was a common name of western New Guinea while it was a colonial possession of the Netherlands. ... New Netherland (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland, Latin: Nova Belgica or Novum Belgium) was the territory claimed by the United Provinces (the Netherlands) on the eastern coast of North America in the 17th century. ... Dutch Revival buildings from the early 20th century on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan recall the Dutch origins of the city. ... New Sweden, or Nya Sverige, was a Swedish(-Finnish) colony in North America corresponding roughly to the networked region of urban sprawl around Philadelphia, containing such settlements as Finland, Lapland etc. ... The settlement of Smeerenburg on Amsterdam Island in north-west Svalbard, originated with Dutch whalers before 1620: one of Europes northernmost outposts. ... Tobago is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, part of the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Travancore (originally called Thiruvithaamcoore or Thiruvitankur in Malayalam) was a princely state in India whose capital was Thiruvananthapuram. ... During the 17th century, Dutch traders established trade posts and plantations throughout the Americas; actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands was not as common as with settlements of other European nations. ... Dutch colonial possessions, with the Dutch East India Company possessions marked in a paler green, surrounding the Indian Ocean plus Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. ... Netherland]] area, which included New Amsterdam, covered parts of present-day New York, Connecticut, Delaware, and New Jersey. ... New Holland could refer to several things: Several former Dutch colonies were known as New Holland: northeast coast Brazil, capital Mauritsstad (now Recife), see Dutch West India Company. ...