Brief History From 1651 to 1688 this was a growing settlment on the Northern coast of South America. The Dutch were also setting up in the surrounding area. 1688 saw a rare thaw in Anglo-Dutch relation as King William of Orange took over the British Crown. It was therefore not a problem to rationalise their possessions at this time and Willoughby was subsumed into Dutch Guiana as Paramaribo. However, a century later the Dutch and British would be on opposing sides during the Napoleonic Wars. The British would occupy Dutch Guiana from 1799 until 1802 and then again from 1804 to 1816.

Flag 1781 Map of Guianas Image