Political map of 1819 showed the Essequibo River within the limits of Venezuela
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, shows a map of Colombia from 1918 where the limits of Venezuela and the Essequibo were already visible. teleSUR
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00:00 So by that time, precisely, this map emerges, was created.
00:08 As you can see, you can see on camera the official map
00:16 of the great Colombia.
00:19 A huge territory, beautiful.
00:26 The unitary project of Bolivar.
00:29 And you can see there what today is Venezuela, Colombia,
00:36 Panama, and Ecuador.
00:38 In the case of the great Colombia's map,
00:45 being a free republic in 1819, our map
00:57 includes the Guyana and Zequiba.
01:00 From the Ezequiel River, in the east,
01:07 everything is Venezuela and the great Colombia.
01:11 From the Ezequiel River, at the east, the British Empire.