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	The history of Guadeloupe
		During the 18th century was the peak of the buccaneering and the Caribbean islands mostly lived of attacks and looting of foreign cargo vessels.
		It was at this time, that Guadeloupe voted for her first socialist parlementarians: Légitimus and Achille-René Boisneuf.
		Thus, the presidents of the regions Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana defined together in the "Déclaration de Basse-Terre", on December 1st, 1999, a new development program for the Antilles-Guyana region, and in June 2000, the law of orientation for the French Oversea's departments has been voted.
	www.antilles-info-tourisme.com /guadeloupe/histogb.htm (663 words)

	French Caribbean International / Guadeloupe / Description / History / Government / Hotels / Inns / Lodging / Map / ...
		In its official status, the Départment of Guadeloupe is an archipelago of French possessions.
		The population of Guadeloupe proper is approximately 410,000.
		Guadeloupe was officially annexed by the King of France in 1674.
	www.frenchcaribbean.com /Guadeloupe/info/pages/GPDescription.html (630 words)

	France Territories : Guadeloupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Guadeloupe is a French territory in the Caribbean Islands.
		Guadeloupe is a mix of French, African, and Indies influenced culture.
		Guadeloupe was given a choice between staying a part of France and independence in 1958 and chose to become an overseas department of France.
	members.tripod.com /cherubie_t/id11.html (1207 words)

	History - Guadeloupe - Caribbean: christopher columbus, guadeloupe history, department france, caribbean guadeloupe, ...
		Christopher Columbus first landed on the island of Guadeloupe on November 3, 1493, and named it for the monastery of Santa Maria de Guadelupe in Extremadura, Spain.
		The British repossessed Guadeloupe in 1794 and again in 1810, the latter occupation lasting for six years.
		Guadeloupe was made an overseas department of France in 1946.
	www.countriesquest.com /caribbean/guadeloupe/history.htm (186 words)

	Guadeloupe
		The population of Guadeloupe (1990) was 389,097, yielding an average density of 219 persons per sq km (566 per sq mi).
		Basse-Terre, the capital of Guadeloupe, is located on the island of Basse-Terre and had a population of 14,107 in 1990.
		Guadeloupe is administered by a popularly elected general council and regional council; an appointed prefect represents the French government.
	studentorgs.utexas.edu /csaut/guadeloupe.html (464 words)

	Guadeloupe Guide - Culture, History, Travel, and More \| guadeloupe-guide.info
		Guadeloupe may be two islands, but it is one gorgeous location.
		The beauty that made Guadeloupe famous can be found everywhere and for visitors intent on seeing every nook and cranny, local methods of transportation will prove invaluable for traversing the islands.
		For those interested in exotic culinary styles, Guadeloupe is a Caribbean jewel, blending the techniques of French heritage with the delicious island bounty.
	guadeloupe-guide.info (368 words)

	Guadeloupe: Culture and History - CaribbeanChoice
		Guadeloupe is the center of the Caribbean's Creole culture and it boasts a blend of the above-mentioned influences.
		Guadeloupe was the most prosperous island in the French West Indies, and the British continued to covet it making incursions and occupying it between 1810 and 1816.
		Guadeloupe has been represented in the French Parliament since 1871 and was established as an overseas department of France in 1946.
	www.caribbeanchoice.com /guadeloupe/culture.asp (1194 words)

	Guadeloupe
		Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the eastern Caribbean Sea at, with a total area of 1,780 square kilometres (687 sq.
		One indication of Guadeloupe’s prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France, defeated in war, accepted to abandon its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe.
		Guadeloupe’s culture is probably best known for the islanders’ literary achievements, particularly the poetry of Saint-John Perse, the pseudonym used by Alexis Léger.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=43324 (1568 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Guadeloupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a total area of 1,702 kmÂ².
		One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France abandoned its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe.
		Guadeloupe comprises five islands: Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel called salt river) with the adjacent islands of La DÃ©sirade, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/guadeloupe (1487 words)

	Flights to Guadeloupe and Guadeloupe Information
		Guadeloupe was populated from 300 BC by the Arawak Amerindians, who fished and developed agriculture on the island.
		One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris (1763), France decided to abandon its territorial claims in Canada in return for British recognition of French control of Guadeloupe.
		Today the population of Guadeloupe is mostly of African origin with a European and Indian minority.
	www.caribbeanjet.com /en/guadeloupe/flights_to_guadeloupe.php (638 words)

	World History Blog: 04/17/2005 - 04/24/2005
		Purpose is to stimulate interest and research in the history of urban life in all periods and geographical areas.
		The Urban History Association was founded in Cincinnati in 1988 for the purpose of stimulating interest and forwarding research and study in the history of the city in all periods and geographical areas.
		Though most of our members are urban historians who study the history of the city in the United States and Canada, the association has made a particular effort to reach scholars and professionals whose interests lie outside of North American history.
	world-history-blog.blogspot.com /2005_04_24_archive.html (1766 words)

	News Search: guadeloupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Guadeloupe Shaped like a butterfly, with each wing a distinct personality, authentic French Creole culture is alive and well, as are old...
		Columbus found pineapples growing on Guadeloupe and they are still grown on Puerto Rico, but for the most part, this tropical fruit is imported to the Caribbean islands from Costa...
		Famous Chevalier de Saint-George." The future musician was born in 1745 to Nanon, a slave on the French island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies, and George de Bologne-Saint-George, a wealthy planter.
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	Travel in Guadeloupe - Caribbean - America - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		At the beginning farming was not very profitable, so the Compagnie sold Guadeloupe to Charles Houel, who started the economic growth of the island with plantations of sugar, coffee and cocoa.
		But the economic crisis could not be stopped and there were since the relations between the former slaves and their former severe social uproars and strikes.
		It was at this time, that Guadeloupe voted for her first socialist parliamentarians: Legitimus and Achille-René Boisneuf.
	www.americatravelling.net /caribbean/guadeloupe/guadeloupe_history.htm (607 words)

	History of Guadeloupe : Discover
		Guadeloupe is briefly occupied by the English, until Jean Baptiste Victor Hugues finally conquers the island, introducing it to the guillotine.
		Guadeloupe’s “distinctive characteristics and features” are seen in a more and more positive light, and the European Union’s economic and social advantages are also a crucial element in the view of overseas territories.
		Guadeloupe’s changing mentality is reflected in the referendum of December 2003: the island hitherto known for its segregationist movements suddenly voted no by 72.98%.
	www.in-west-indies.com /guadeloupe/discover/history.htm (4563 words)

	Guadeloupe History and Cruise Destination
		Guadeloupe is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.
		Guadeloupe has really embraced her ties to France, and visitors to Guadeloupe will experience the class of Europe that you are not able to find elsewhere in the Caribbean.
		There are several museums dedicated to the history of the islands, and there is even a working sugar factory that is open four tours.
	www.warmislands.com /destinations/caribbean/guadeloupe/index.htm (518 words)

	Guadeloupe - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		The department comprises the islands of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe proper) and Grande-Terre, and the dependencies of Marie-Galante and Îles des Saintes to the south, La Désirade to the east, and Saint-Barthélemy (Saint Bart's) and the northern half of Saint Martin
		By the end of the 17th cent., Guadeloupe was a leading world sugar producer and one of France's most valuable colonies.
		In 1946 the colony of Guadeloupe became an overseas department of France, and in 1974 it became an administrative center.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Guadelou (480 words)

	History of Guadeloupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The earliest settlers on Guadeloupe arrived around 300 BC and developed agriculture on the island.
		Guadeloupe experienced the effects of the Reign of Terror from 1794 to 1798.
		Guadeloupe was of little international concern between this time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Guadeloupe (588 words)

	Guadeloupe History \| guadeloupe-guide.info
		In 1674, Guadeloupe was united politically with the Kingdom of France, and in 1685 it was affected by the “Code Noir” or Black Code.
		In the 1960s, the Department of Guadeloupe began its expansion with the addition of other French Antilles islands, most notably St. Martin, but it would be nearly 20 years before this growth would cover all of the French islands.
		Guadeloupe is currently the head of the Department of Guadeloupe, as well as the name of a small archipelago of islands.
	guadeloupe-guide.info /past.and.present/history (827 words)

	Guadeloupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As part of France, Guadeloupe is part of the European Union; hence its currency is the euro.
		Guadeloupe is however not party to the Schengen Agreement.
		In green (with red legend) are the constituent parts of the Guadeloupe region/department among the Leeward Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guadeloupe (1851 words)

	H-France Reviews
		In 1801, an uprising of troops of African descent in Guadeloupe, angered by the actions of a metropolitan administrator, created an autonomous regime, though one that insisted on its loyalty to France and demonstrated its willingness to use coercion to maintain plantation prosperity.
		The final chapter turns to probably the most dramatic moment of Guadeloupe’s Revolution: the period from 1801 to 1802, when the revolutionary order of racial equality was attacked by metropolitan administrators and defended by Guadeloupe’s free people of color and former slaves.
		I have explored the history of Guadeloupe during this period in Les Esclaves de la République: l’histoire oubliée de la premièreemancipation (Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1998) and A Colony of Citizens: Revolutionand Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004).
	www.h-france.net /vol5reviews/dubois2.html (1972 words)

	History of Guadeloupe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Guadeloupe was discovered by Columbus in 1493, and received its name in honour of the monastery of S. Maria de Guadalupe at Estremadura in Spain.
		Guadeloupe was finally separated from Martinique in 1775, but it remained under the governor of the French Windward Islands.
		In 1782, Rodney defeated the French fleet near the island, and the British again obtained possession in April 1794, but in the following summer they were driven out by Victor Hugues with the assistance of the slaves whom he had liberated for the purpose.
	www.historyofnations.net /northamerica/guadeloupe.html (414 words)

	Guadeloupe History \| iExplore.com
		Guadeloupe was among the islands charted by Columbus in 1493.
		Following President Mitterand’s decentralization policy in the 1980s, Guadeloupe became an administrative region in its own right and is represented in the French National Assembly by four Deputies.
		Guadeloupe’s economy is relatively diverse by regional standards – with agriculture, light industry and tourism as its main components – but remains heavily dependent on French aid and is vulnerable to the vagaries of the Caribbean climate.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Guadeloupe/History (325 words)

	Interview with Laurent Dubois, Winner of the $25,000 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
		History News Network Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too.
		But the history of Guadeloupe during the revolutionary period, while the subject of good work by historians writing in French, had not been the subject of any detailed studies in English before my book.
		Publishing, and particularly publishing a book in the case of history, is one of the main expectations for professors, and one of the central ways we share our research and ideas.
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	GUADELOUPE
		A sassy blend of French culture and Creole esprit spice up this gorgeous tropical island, known for its stunning natural wonders and local charm: sugar-white beaches, the volcano of La Soufriere, the triple waterfalls of the Carbet, endless plantations, old mills, quaint hamlets, and picturesque fishing villages.
		Guadeloupe is actually made up of two main islands - Grande-Terre to the east and Basse-Terre to the west - each having completely different striking landscapes, distinguishing them from one another.
		Basse-Terre is a land of forest-covered mountains and volcanic peaks, with lakes, hot springs, waterfalls and mountain trails appealing to all nature lovers.
	www.vacationoutlet.com /packages/show_country.asp?countryid=GP (905 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Guadeloupe, 1635-1789
		The war with the Caribs was fierce and resulted in their expulsion from Guadeloupe (1660).
		Guadeloupe, hitherto administrated from Martinique, was made a separate colony in 1769.
		Guadeloupe, for it's sugar and cocoa plantations, soon became one of France's most important colonies.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/caribbean/guadeloupe16351789.html (350 words)

	Guadeloupe — FactMonster.com
		The department comprises the islands of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe proper) and Grande-Terre, and the dependencies of Marie-Galante and Îles des Saintes to the south, La Désirade to the east, and Saint-Barthélemy (“Saint Bart's”) and the northern half of
		Guadeloupe: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Information on Guadeloupe — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
		Soufrière, volcano, Guadeloupe - Soufrière, active volcano, 4,813 ft (1,467 m) high, on Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, in the...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0822001.html (402 words)

	My Current Research on the Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe
		Guadeloupe is an archipelago in the Lesser Antilles, consisting of three main islands, Basse-Terre, mountainous and well watered; Grande-Terre, and Marie-Galante, both of which are low lying and receive less rainfall.
		Lastly, target sites were primarily located in regions of Guadeloupe that have not been substantially impacted either by the rapid urban growth of the past 20 years, or the spread of banana cultivation which also negatively impacts archaeological sites.
		Martinique shares much of the same history as Guadeloupe, with French colonial occupation beginning at the same time in the 1630s, they are about the same size in area and population, and Martinique is also presently a departement of France.
	www.cas.sc.edu /ANTH/Faculty/KGKelly1/guadeloupe.html (2289 words)

	Guadeloupe - Destination Caribbean islands, West Indies
		Guadeloupe is an archipelago of nine inhabited islands, including Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Desirade, Iles des Saintes (2), Saint-Barthelemy, Iles de la Petite Terre, and Saint-Martin (French part of the island of Saint Martin).
		Overall objective of ECCA's programme is to strengthen regional initiatives within the Eastern Caribbean, promote community based nature and heritage tourism, environmental education and to improve the conservation of island ecosystems.
		Guadeloupe's history from its discovery until today (in French).
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/guadeloupe.htm (592 words)

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