French Guiana Posters
for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

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French Guiana Maps
French Guiana Map

French Guiana Flag

South America Political Map, Art Print
South America
Political Map,
Art Print

French Guiana is an overseas region of France on the northern coast of South America, sitting on the Guiana Shield. French Guiana borders Brazil on the the east and south, and Suriname on the west.

Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana, sitting on Atlantic coast at the mouth of the Cayenne River. Cayenne is the namesake of the red chili pepper.

Kourou is home to the French spaceport, used by the European Space Agency, as well as commercial launches.

View to Devil's Island, Where Dreyfus and Papillon were Imprisoned, French Guiana, South America, Photographic Print
View to Devil's Island,
French Guiana, South America, Photographic Print

Devil's Island was a small part of the notorious French penal colony in French Guiana.

Used between 1852 and 1946 the penal colony was one of the world's most infamous places, restraining thieves and murderer as well as political prisoners such as the unjustly convicted Alfred Dreyfus.

Due to the harsh conditions, many prisoners died and surrounded by water, very few convicts ever escaped

Inhabitants of French Guyana Preparing Annatto, from "Encyclopedie Des Voyages", Giclee Print
Inhabitants of French Guyana
Preparing Annatto, from "Encyclopedie Des Voyages",
Giclee Print

Annatto is a food flavoring and coloring derived from the achiote trees that are native to the tropical regions of the Americas.

Annatto produces a orangish color that is often used in place of saffron in Spanish recipes, and has a “slightly sweet and peppery” flavor with the scent of nutmeg.

Annatto Seeds

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last updated 12/27/13

French Guiana Posters for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

French Guiana Posters
for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.