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  1. en.wikipedia.org

    Map of French Guiana by cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1763) The history of French Guiana dates back to the period prior to European colonization. Prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, there was no written history in the territory. It was originally inhabited by a number of Native American peoples, among them the Kalina (Caribs), Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi (also known ...
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  3. culturalmaya.com

    Oct 8, 2023The region that currently corresponds to the French Guiana was occupied by Indians Arawaks until the arrival of the Spanish conqueror Vicente Pinzón. The territory was explored by the English, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese until it was officially claimed by the French, following the action of Daniel de La Touche, the same founder of São […]
  4. en.wikipedia.org

    French Guiana[a] is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 84,000 km 2 (32,000 sq mi) [2][3][7] and a land area of 83,534 km 2 (32,253 sq mi). [3] As of January 2024, it is home to approximately 295,385 ...
  5. learn-french-help.com

    However, gold was discovered around the same time and this heralded a period of prosperity in the history of French Guiana. In 1852 France decided to send its prisoners across the ocean to Guiana's prisons, one way to avoid having to keep convicts on French soil and another way for Guiana to have cheap labor.
  6. kids.kiddle.co

    The history of French Guiana dates back to the period prior to European colonization. Prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, there was no written history in the territory. It was originally inhabited by a number of Native American peoples, among them the Kalina (Caribs), Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi (also known as Oyampi), and Wayana. The first Europeans arrived in the ...
  7. infoplease.com

    French settlement dates from 1604. In the Dutch wars of Louis XIV, Cayenne was captured (1676) by the Dutch but was later retaken. The Portuguese and British occupied it during the Napoleonic Wars, but the Congress of Vienna (1815) restored French authority. French Guiana was used as a penal colony and place of exile during the French Revolution, and under Napoleon III permanent penal camps ...
  8. acearchive.org

    French Guiana was originally inhabited by several Native American peoples before Europeans arrived in 1498. The French first tried to settle there in 1624, and in 1658, the Dutch West Indies Company seized French territory to establish the Dutch colony of Cayenne. After being occupied by England and the Dutch, France consolidated its rule in Guiana following the Treaty of Paris in 1763 ...
  9. scalar.chapman.edu

    The original Guiana was inhabited by semi-nomadic Amerindian tribes who lived by hunting and fishing - notably Arawaks and Caribs. It was divided by European powers into Spanish Guiana (Venezuela), Portuguese Guiana (Brazil), French Guiana, Dutch Guiana (Suriname) and British Guiana (Guyana). Colonial competition for territory began with the Spanish sighting in 1499. Temporary Spanish or ...

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    History of French Guiana

    The history of French Guiana dates back to the period prior to European colonization. Prior to the arrival of the first Europeans, there was no written history in the territory. It was originally inhabited by a number of Native American peoples, among them the Kalina, Arawak, Galibi, Palikur, Teko, Wayampi, and Wayana. The first Europeans arrived in the expeditions of Christopher Columbus, shortly before 1500. Wikipedia

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