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French Guiana Geography and Hsitory - English
URL: http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/frgugeog/

Descriptions of the country, wildlife, geography, history and plants of French Guiana from Bonnie Hamre, your guide to South America.

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Encyclopedia.com - Results for French Guiana: History - English
URL: http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/04745History.html

French settlement dates from 1604. In the Dutch wars of Louis XIV, Cayenne was captured (1676) by the Dutch but was later retaken.

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World Travel Guide - French Guiana - History & Government - English
URL: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/data/guf/guf580.asp

World Travel Guide - French Guiana - History & Government - includes information on the constitution and politics.

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Acadian History: The Exile: French Guiana - English
URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~acadiancajun/exfrgu.htm

In 1762, the officials of French Guianna and the Antilles (and later, St. Pierre and Micquelon) were told to recruit colonists. Though colonists were found for the Antilles, finding people to settle Guiana proved much more troublesome.

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French Guiana - Travel Guides, History, Embassy Info, and Vital Statistics - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/country/french_guiana_main.html

French Guiana country and travel guides. History, embassy info, and travel.

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World History Archives: History of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/42/index-b.html

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