Suriname
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Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Situated slightly north of the equator, over 90% of
Slave auction in Paramaribo, in 1831
Javanese indentured servants in Marienbourg plantation, c. 1930
Suriname in 1914
Presidential Palace of Suriname
French Guiana
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French Guiana, also known by its French name Guyane, 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 Surin
Suriname
…territory is covered by rainforest, the second-highest proportion of forest cover in the world. Suriname is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Guyana to the west. It is the smallest country in South America by both population and territory, with around…
View of Fort Cépérou Mount, Cayenne
View from Salvation Islands, Kourou
Following the Portuguese conquest of French Guiana in 1809, João Severiano Maciel da Costa served as its only governor until 1817.
French Guiana, c. 1930