Polity Oyapuc

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Oyapoc (or Wiapoco) was a short-lived English settlement in French Guyana on the Oyapock river.

Establishment

  • May 1604: In 1604, the English explorer Captain Charles Leigh attempted to establish the settlement of Oyapoc in French Guiana, at the mouth of the Oyapock river. The territory was later ceded to the French, leading to the abandonment of the English settlement.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 1630: By 1629, the British settlement of Oyapuc had faded away.