Encarta Encyclopedia article reviews the history of French Guiana from the 17th century to the modern era.

Maintains a directory of resources related to French Guiana. Find the CIA factbook and travel resources that contain historical overviews.

Latin American Network Information Center of the Univ. of Texas provides a directory of resources related to French Guiana.

Read this profile of the historic penal colony off the coast of French Guiana.

Modern History Sourcebook presents this C16th British explorer's first-person account of his discovery of Guiana in 1595.