''The Argosy'' was a newspaper published in Georgetown, Demerara, in

British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was S ...

(later Guyana) from 2 October 1880 to 30 March 1907. It became the ''Weekly Argosy'' with effect from the issue of 6 April 1907 and ceased publication with the issue of 24 October 1908. It was founded by James Thompson.

Publishing

The Argosy was contracted by the government to print ‘The Official Gazette’ as well as agricultural reports and mining data. In 1909, The Argosy published a ''Handbook of British Guiana''. At the time, they listed 3 papers in circulation; The Daily Argosy, The Argosy (weekly), and The Sportsman's Argosy (weekly, Mondays). ''The Argosy'' has been described as representing the planter interest in British Guiana.

Legacy

The paper's reporting of births, marriages, and deaths make it an important primary source for genealogists interested in British Guiana. A compilation of its family notices is held on microfilm at the British Library.The Argosy.
British Library. Retrieved 26 February 2019. In 1979, its columns were also a primary source for

Walter Rodney Walter Anthony Rodney (23 March 1942 – 13 June 1980) was a Guyanese historian, political activist and academic. His notable works include ''How Europe Underdeveloped Africa'', first published in 1972. Rodney was assassinated in Georgetow ...

's ''Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Contemporary Description from the "Argosy"'' (Release Publishers, Georgetown).

References

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