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french guiana (dest)
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French GuianaFrench Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas dpartement (dpartement d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. History Main article: History of French Guiana First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements (see Devil's Island) until 1951. Politics Main article: Politics of French Guiana As an integral part of France, French Guiana is part of the European Union, the largest part in area outside Europe and the only part outside Europe that is not an island (other than the small Spanish towns of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa). Geography Main article: Geography of French Guiana French Guiana is located on the Caribbean coast of South America. To the west is Suriname, and Brazil is to the south and east. See also: Communes of the Guyane dpartement Economy Main Article: Economy of French Guiana The European Space Agency launches its satellites from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou. Demographics Main article: Demographics of French Guiana Miscellaneous References - The CIA World Factbook 2000
- Belbenoit, Ren. 1940. Hell on Trial. Translated from the Original French Manuscript by Preston Rambo. E. P Dutton & Co. Reprint by Blue Ribbon Books, New York, 1941. Reprint: Bantam Books, 1971.
- Belbenoit, Ren. 1938. Dry guillotine: Fifteen years among the living dead. Reprint: Berkley (1975). ISBN: 0425029506.
- Charrire, Henri. Papillon. Reprints: Hart-Davis Macgibbon Ltd. 1970. ISBN: 0246639873 (hbk); Perennial, 2001. ISBN: 0060934794 (sbk).
- French Guiana map
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