66 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



sucli as are placed under special control. Vessels of large size find good anchorage 

 under the shelter of the Salut Islands. 



Cayenne. 

 Cayenne, which appears to take its name from an old Indian chief, is one of 

 the earliest settlements in Guiana. The island on which it stands was occupied 



Fig. 19. — Cayenne Island. 

 Scale 1 : 200,000. 



Wect of breenw'cl^ 52°20 



52'15- 



OtolO 



Feet. 



Lepths. 



10 Feeh 

 and upwards. 



3 Miles. 



ill 1604 by a party of Frenchmen under the leadership of the Norman, La 

 Ravardière, who had been commissioned by a trading company of Rouen. The 

 first immigrants, as well as the Dutch Jews and others who followed them, had 



