Where is "English Guiana"?

[Shagnasty]

I was introduced to a guy at a party last night that was obviously foreign. When I asked him where he was from, he replied that he was from the country of “English Guiana” in South America. Now I am no dummy when it comes to South American geography. I am very familiar with French Guiana, Guyana, and even Suriname but I have never heard of English Guiana. I immediately accused him of falsifying his home country. He insisted that it was real but when I checked the maps today, I can’t find it. I did find some really obscure references to something of that name when I searched the web but nothing that convinces me if this place is for real. So I beg, what is the Straight Dope on “English Guiana”? Does this “country” really exist?

[Crusoe]

After a two-minute web search (sarcasm not intended), I found this:

In 1815, the colonies of Essequibo, Demerara, and Berbice were officially ceded to Great Britain at the Congress of Vienna and, in 1831, were consolidated as British Guiana … At a Constitutional Conference in London in 1963, the British agreed to grant independence to the colony, but only after another election in which proportional representation would be introduced for the first time … Independence was achieved in May 1966, and Guyana became a republic on February 23, 1970

(from http://www.guyanaonline.net/c-about-guyana/)

[Doug_Bowe]

Try looking under Guyana.