Attempts to settle this region included transporting relÃ©
After 20 years of separation from her husband, Isabel Godin Odonais traveled 3,000 miles largely on foot to meet her husband in the town of Oyapock in this region. A Portuguese attack on the capital of this region was aided by the HMS Confiance and ousted governor Victor Hugues. Attempts to settle this region included transporting relÃ©guÃ©s, prisoners who were released after six months, but most died quickly after receiving their freedom. Most of this region was administered as the territory of Inini from 1930-1946. Henri CharriÃ¨re, author of the memoir Papillon, escaped from a (*) prison in this region by using coconut filled sacks as flotation devices. Alfred Dreyfus was held in the prison on Devil's Island in this region. For 10 points, identify this region bordering Suriname and Brazil with capital of Cayenne.
After 20 years of separation from her husband, Isabel Godin Odonais traveled 3,000 miles largely on foot to meet her husband in the town of Oyapock in this region.
French Guiana or Guyane franÃ§aise