French Guiana's Awful Origins

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On the edge of South America is nestled a steamy little corner… of France. It’s people can live, work, vote and fight for France. But its story contains surprises, from colonial catastrophes to a tiny island of pain, this is the story of France’s tropical cursed colony, French Guiana. https://buymeacoffee.com/lostincontext References - John Gimlette, Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge, 2011 - John Hemming, Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon, 2008 - Charles C. Mann, 1491: The Americas Before Columbus, 2005 - Charles C. Mann, 1493: How the Ecological Collision of Europe and the Americas Gave Rise to the Modern World, 2011 - McNeill, J. R, Mosquito Empires; Ecology and War in the Greater Carribbean, 2010 - English colonies in Guiana and on the Amazon, 1604-1668, James A. Williamson, 1923 00:00 Intro 00:45 European Arrival 02:45 Attempt at Settlement 07:19 The Colony of Pain 10:05 Iles du Salut 16:33 What next for Guyane?