Oyapoc

Oyapoc was a short-lived English settlement in Guyana), which was established in 1620 under Governor Roger North and abandoned in the same year. The British would only take over the whole region much later, after several Dutch colonies had existed in Guyana.

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• WorldStatesmen- Guyana

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