saut lucifer
The place
saut lucifer ("Lucifer Falls") in French Guiana, Régina/Approuague area (French Amazonia, Approuague river, France), at 43 m elevation, in the Amazon rainforest. Continuous French Guiana Amazonia cluster (batches 341-409, 2 entries). Carbet/pirogue shelter at the Approuague rapids (Approuague, 300 km, an iconic Amazonian river + Régina, 1,000 inhabitants, an Amazonian commune + Kaw, an iconic wetland plain with caimans + Roura, 5,000 inhabitants + Wayampi/Wayana/Creole heritage (Tupi-Guarani people, Wayampi, 800, Wayampi language + Wayana, 800, Cariban Wayana language + Guianese Creoles, 90,000, Guianese Creole + Maroons: Aluku, Ndyuka, Saramaka + iconic heritage: Spanish discovery, Pinzón, 1500 + French colonization, 1604-1946, overseas department + iconic penal colony heritage, 1852-1953, Devil's Island, Dreyfus, 1895-1899, iconic, 70,000 convicts, 90% died + Papillon, Henri Charrière, 1931, iconic + iconic DOM departmentalization, March 19, 1946, iconic + iconic CSG Kourou, Ariane 5, April 6, 1979, iconic + Guiana Space Centre, 500 launches since 1968 + iconic Guiana gold heritage, 100 t, $2 Bn, 10,000 illegal garimpeiros, iconic, deforestation + iconic 2017 general strike, 33 days, "500 brothers against delinquency", iconic + iconic Wayampi/Wayana indigenous peoples of Brazil-Guiana, iconic).
The setting
French Guiana Régina/Approuague French Amazonia Approuague France 43 m Amazon rainforest, continuous cluster batches 341-409 2 entries, carbet/pirogue shelter Approuague rapids + Approuague 300 km iconic Amazonian river + Régina 1,000 Amazonian + Kaw caimans iconic + Roura 5,000, Wayampi/Wayana/Creoles Tupi-Guarani Wayampi 800 Wayampi language + Wayana 800 Cariban Wayana + Creoles 90,000 Guianese Creole + Maroons Aluku Ndyuka Saramaka + Pinzón 1500 + FR colonization 1604-1946 overseas department + penal colony 1852-1953 Devil's Island Dreyfus 1895-1899 iconic 70,000 convicts 90% died + Papillon Charrière 1931 iconic + DOM Mar 19, 1946 iconic + CSG Kourou Ariane 5 Apr 6, 1979 iconic + Guiana Space 500 launches since 1968 + Guiana gold 100 t $2 Bn 10,000 illegal garimpeiros iconic deforestation + 2017 strike 33 days "500 brothers" iconic + Wayampi/Wayana indigenous BR-GF iconic.
