ABSTRACT
Guiana * , Guyana, Guayana, or Guianna, is that part of South America which lies between 8º 40′ N. lat. and 3º 30′ S. lat. and the 50th and 68th degree of longitude, west of Greenwich. It is bounded on the north by the Atlantic and the eastern course of the river Orinoco, on the east likewise by the Atlantic, on the south by the rivers Negro and Amazon, on the west by the northern course of the Orinoco, the natural canal of Cassiquiare, and the southern course of the Rio Negro. Its greatest extent between Cape North, and the confluence of the Rio Xie with the Rio Negro, is 1090 geogr. miles; its greatest breadth between Punta Barima, at the mouth of the Orinoco, to the confluence of the Rio Negro with the Amazon, 710 geogr. miles. Its line of sea-coast extends between the Amazon and the Orinoco, and is divided into Brazilian, French, Dutch, British, and Venezuelan Guiana, but its definite limits have never been obtained. All that has hitherto been done, between Spain, Portugal, and France, is regarded as only provisional, and the boundary which separates the British settlements from Venezuela and Brazil has never been determined.
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