v39_0825 - SURINAME Duit de la “Societeit Van Suriname”, variété à l’herbe courte 1764 Enkhuizen

SURINAM

Suriname (or Surinam), called before its independence Dutch Guyana, located 270 km south of Cayenne, is established on the Maroni flower. The Dutch settled there in 1581 and an English colony settled there at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1667, the Dutch drove out the English and established a colony there based on slavery.