Pomeroon (colony)

Kolonie Pomeroon Pomeroon
1581–ca.1596 (unofficial) 1650–1674 1685–1689
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The Pomeroon colony
Status	Dutch colony
Capital	New Middelburg
Common languages	Dutch
History
• Established	1650
• Destroyed by French privateers	1689
Preceded by Succeeded by Indigenous peoples in Guyana Essequibo (colony)
Today part of	Guyana

Pomeroon (also: Bouwerona^[1]) is the name of a former Dutch plantation colony on the Pomeroon River in the Guyana region on the north coast of South America. After early colonization attempts in the late 16th century were attacked by Spaniards and local Indians, the original inhabitants fled the interior of Guyana, founding the colony of Essequibo around Fort Kyk-Over-Al shortly after. A second, and more serious attempt at colonization started in 1650, but was ultimately unsuccessful, as French privateers destroyed the colony in 1689. In the late 18th century, a third attempt of colonization was started, this time under the jurisdiction of the Essequibo colony.