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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Guiana
Guiana was the name given to all that region of South America which extends along the Atlantic coast from the Orinoco to the Amazon.
Guiana is the habitat of several dangerous species of wild beasts, including the jaguar, as well as of the anaconda and of the most deadly reptiles in the New World.
While in Protestant Dutch Guiana, little could be done for the spread of the Faith, in Cayenne at least the work was in a promising condition when the anti-Jesuit movement in continental Europe brought about the expulsion of the Society from this field (1768).
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 Suriname (country) - MSN Encarta
Before 1975 Suriname was a dependency of the Netherlands and was called Dutch Guiana or Netherlands Guiana.
Suriname is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by French Guiana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Guyana.
The southern sections of the boundaries with French Guiana and Guyana are disputed.
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 History of Suriname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suriname was occupied by the British in 1799, after the Netherlands were incorporated by France, and was returned to the Dutch in 1816, after the defeat of Napoleon.
Roughly a third of the population emigrated to the Netherlands, fearing that the new country would not be able to survive.
The Dutch initially accepted the new government, however, relations between Suriname and the Netherlands collapsed when 15 members of the political opposition were killed by the army on December 8, 1982 in Fort Zeelandia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Suriname   (1624 words)

  
 Suriname Districts
Suriname began the 20th century as a colony of the Netherlands.
It became an integral part of the Netherlands on 1954-12-29, and then an independent country on 1975-11-25.
English: Republic of Suriname (formal), Dutch Guiana (obsolete), Netherlands Guiana (obsolete), Surinam (obsolete)
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 AllRefer.com - Suriname : History, South America (South American Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The first Dutch expeditions to the Guiana region took place in 1597–98, and the first Dutch colony, on Essequibo Island in present-day Guyana, was founded in 1616.
The Dutch hold on the east coast was interrupted by English and French attacks and by a slave insurrection (1762–63).
The Treaty of Breda gave all English territory in Guiana to the Dutch, but in 1815 the Congress of Vienna awarded the area that is now Guyana to Britain while reaffirming the Dutch hold on Dutch Guiana (present-day Suriname).
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In the midst of these talks, the White House suddenly came forth with the announcement on the 24th, that the United States is occupying Dutch Guiana, with the agreement of the government of the Netherlands, for the purpose of protecting it.
Ordinarily, the Netherlands Government would dispatch its armed forces stationed in the Netherlands East Indies for this purpose, but she is unable to do so at present because of the present situation in the southwest Pacific area.
From these indications as well as from the history of the Netherlands East Indies, it is believed, that depending upon the atmosphere at the time the Japanese-U. negotiations break off, Britain and the United States may occupy the Netherlands East Indies.
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 former colonies
Netherlands East Indies - A collection of Dutch colonies, officially since the end of the Napoleonic Wars, up to 1799 controlled by the Dutch East India Company but occupied and administered by the British in an interregnum during the Napoleonic Wars under the authority of the Kew Letters.
Netherlands New Guinea - adjacent to the Netherlands East Indies until 1949, became part of Indonesia in 1969 as Irian Jaya.
New Netherlands - A dutch colony in the present-day United States, mainly in and around the state of New York.
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 Suriname   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west.
The most southern parts of the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed (upper Corantijn and Marowijne rivers—the map shows the Guyana and Guiana versions of the border).
Though Dutch traders had established several colonies in the Guiana region before around 1600, the Dutch did not get full control of what is now Suriname until the Treaty of Breda, settling the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
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 A short history of Suriname   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In exchange for the New Netherlands (now New York and surroundingds) the Netherlands aquire the region in 1667.
Due to the French occupation of the Netherlands Britain occupies these colonies between 1804 and 1816.
In 1948 the colony is renamed Suriname and in 1954 it becomes a seperate country inside the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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 Report 6
In 1669, the Dutch West India Company granted to Count Frederick Casimir, of Hanau, a piece of land which he might select from their possessions at the wild coast of America for the purpose of settling a German colony, in which document the Orinoco is again alluded to as the western boundary of their possessions.
I have consulted two charts of the coast of Guiana which were published in England during the last century, and which deserve confidence, as Great Britain, chiefly during the publication of the first chart, was not an interested party.
He published his works on the Orinoco in 1745.(9) Father Caulin followed him, and his ire is frequently raised against the Dutch heretics, who infested the Cuyuni, and traded with the Indians adjacent to the mission of the Capuchins, and instructed the fugitive Christians of the mission silently in their heresy.
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 IUCN World Conservation Bookstore - IUCN Publications/Europe: Netherlands Committee - Summaries
At this workshop, monitoring experts from each of the Guiana Shield countries were invited to a presentation on the Brazilian radar system SIVAM (Sistema de Vigilância da Amazônia) and to discuss collaboration between the Guiana Shield countries on this subject.
The Guiana Shield Initiative is interested in the development of joint transboundary projects between the PPG-7 and the GSI.
The possibilities for the development of sustainable ecotourism in the Guiana Shield are discussed and a brief overview is given of current tourism activities in the region, as well as case studies relating to tourism developments for each country.
www.iucn.org /bookstore/Europe-netherlands-summaries.htm   (1735 words)

  
 Surinam Resource Center - surinam toad
The most southern parts of the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed (upper Corantijn and Marowijne rivers the map shows the Guyana and French Guiana versions of the border).
After assuming power in the fall of 1996, the Wijdenbosch government ended the structural adjustment surinam cherry jelly program of the previous government, claiming it was unfair to the poorer elements of society.
By the end of 1997, the allocation of new Dutch development funds was frozen as Surinamese greenstone belt surinam Government relations with the Netherlands deteriorated.
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 Suriname Information Center - suriname map
The most southern parts of joden jungle suriname the borders with Guyana and French Guiana are disputed (upper Corantijn suriname map and Marowijne rivers—the map shows the Guyana and French Guiana versions of the border).
After assuming power in the fall of 1996, the Wijdenbosch government ended the structural adjustment suriname women program of the previous government, claiming it was unfair to the poorer elements of society.
By the end independence pictures in suriname of 1997, the allocation of new Dutch development funds was frozen as Surinamese maps of suriname Government relations with the Netherlands deteriorated.
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 Al Jazeera English - Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The English territory of Guiana was given to the Dutch in the Treaty of Breda, but in 1815, the Congress of Vienna gave the area that is now known as Guyana to Britain while reaffirming the Dutch supremacy over what is now Suriname.
In 1954, Suriname officially became a self-governing part of the kingdom of the Netherlands and became fully independent in 1975.
The Republic of Suriname (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) lies between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west and is in the northern part of the South American continent.
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 Suriname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Netherlands, and therefore Suriname, had a system of slave labour, with slaves mostly of African descent.
In 2004 there were 321,000 Surinamese people living in the Netherlands, which is about 2% of the total population of the Netherlands (compared to 449 000 in Suriname).
Some of the greatest footballers to represent the Netherlands, such as Frank Rijkaard, Ruud Gullit, Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, Aron Winter and Edgar Davids are of Surinamese descent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dutch_Guiana   (1867 words)

  
 C H E M C O N T R O L Limited
The English established the first European settlement in 1651 and control passed between the English, French and Dutch until it finally became a Dutch colony in 1815.
An autonomous part of the Netherlands from 1954, Suriname became fully independent in 1975.
Following the murders, the United States and the Netherlands suspended economic and military co-operation with the Bouterse regime, which increasingly began to follow an erratic but generally leftist political course.
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 World Team Suriname Home Page
This web site is dedicated to our mission teams in Suriname for them to use as a platform to spread the news of God's work there.
Suriname is a small country nestled on the north east coast of South America between the countries of Guyana and French Guiana.
Before that time it was known as Netherlands Guiana or Dutch Guiana.
www.worldteamsuriname.org   (219 words)

  
 IUCN World Conservation Bookstore - IUCN Publications/Europe: IUCN Netherlands Committee - Index
The Netherlands Committee for IUCN (NC-IUCN) is a cooperative agreement between the Dutch members of IUCN
Dutch, Nature and Tourism (The), Full-color wall map highlighting the impact of Dutch outbound tourism on nature and culture at the destinations that are visited.
Hydrology in the Guiana Shield and possibilities for payment schemes, J.
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 [Secret]
The recent occupation of Netherlands Guiana by American troops, or call it what you will—occupation it is, is the first example in the present war of the United States' invading South America.
In the light of the Havana agreement, French territory may next be expected to be taken over.
This is a menace to the Latin American nations; so will you please at every opportunity, impress upon the Government and people of the country to which you are accredited that the United States bodes them naught save ill. Moreover, please investigate the following points and wire me back.
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 NETHERLANDS GUIANA :: AudioEnglish.net dictionary
Familiarity information: NETHERLANDS GUIANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname
Guiana (a geographical region of northeastern South America including Guyana and Surinam)
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 Suriname - Country Profile - Destination Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana, South America
Destination Suriname, a virtual travel guide to the former Dutch Guiana.
Location: Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana.
WWF-Guianas, part of the global WWF family, is working to protect the forests, freshwaters and coasts of the Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana).
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/suriname.htm   (561 words)

  
 Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands East Indies & Netherlands Indies Postcards & Post Cards
Luchtvaart Mij." This historic aircraft was specifically designed for the Amsterdam - Batavia Netherlands Indies route, and it first made that flight in 1924.
Unused continental postcard showing its Vickers Viscount 804 at Rotterdam in September 1975, published in the Netherlands, trivial wear to top edge.
Unused continental postcard showing its Lockheed L-382E-33C-20 (RP-C101) at Rotterdam The Netherlands in July 1978, published in The Netherlands, excellent condition.
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 Suriname - South America: aluminum ore, control defense, dutch guiana, south america, government history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Suriname - South America: aluminum ore, control defense, dutch guiana, south america, government history
Suriname, republic of northeastern South America, bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by French Guiana, on the south by Brazil, and on the west by Guyana.
Also called Surinam, the country has an area of 163,265 sq km (63,037 sq mi).
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 Suriname News and Links: QuickNews
Republic of Suriname: Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975.
A Guiana cocoa plantation is an excellent investment.
The first outlay is not heavy, nor is the maintenance of the plantation expensive--the number of laborers bearing an average proportion of one to nine to that of the acres under cultivation.
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 Surinam- WordWeb dictionary definition
A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975
- Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana
Part of: Guiana, OAS, Organization of American States
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 Netherlands Antilles
29 Dec 1954 Autonomous part of the Netherlands.
Jul 2007 Date set for dissolution of Netherlands Antilles.
1828 - 1848 the governors of Dutch Guiana
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Independence from the Netherlands was granted in 1975.
Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana
area disputed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini
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 Netherlands: Fields at Canadian Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Austria and Switzerland in the south, France and Luxembourg in the south-west and Belgium and the Netherlands in the north-west.
Kingdom of Belgium Dutch: Koninkrijk België; French: Royaume de Belgique; German: Königreich Belgien) is a country in northwest Europe bordered by the Netherlands Germany Luxembourg and France.
Sheet Overview of Suriname Map of Suriname click to enlarge The Republic of Suriname more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French
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