French Guiana
Is located in the South American continent with Brazil at its border South East..
French traders and colonists tried again to settle a France Équinoxiale or
The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its colorful Creole houses and street markets. Shops and cafes surround the palm-filled main square, Place des Palmistes.
The Rémire-Montjoly suburb is lined with Atlantic coast beaches, equatorial, further North, in what is today French Guiana, in 1626, 1635 (when the capital, Cayenne, was founded) and 1643.
Twice a Compagnie de la France Équinoxiale or The company of equinoctial France was founded, in 1643 and 1645, but both foundered as a result of misfortune and mismanagement.
It was only after 1674 when the colony came under the direct control of the French crown and a competent Governor took office, that France Équinoxiale became a reality. To this day, French Guiana is a department of France.
French Guiana was first settled by the French in 1604, although its earliest settlements were abandoned in the face of hostilities from the indigenous population and tropical diseases. The settlement of Cayenne was established in 1643 but was abandoned.
It was re-established in the 1660s. Except for brief occupations by the English and Dutch in the 17th century, and by the Portuguese in the 19th century, Guiana has remained under French rule ever since. From 1851 to 1951 it was the site of a notorious penal colony, Devil’s Island (Île du Diable). Since 1946, French Guiana has been an overseas department of France.
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