Discover Guadeloupe

Let’s discover the island of beautiful waters

Guadeloupe, it is two principals’ islands, Grande Terre and Basse Terre which are separated by a little piece of sea called Rivière Salée. Three islands are administratively attached namely les Saintes, Désirade et Marie Galante. It was Christopher Colombus who called it this way in memory of virgin protectress of navigators « Santa-Maria de Guadelupe ». The archipelago is located between Dominica in the South and Montserrat islands and Antigua in the North with 61° west longitude and 16° north latitude, between tropic of Cancer and the Equator. From the sky the island looks like a butterfly.

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Carib Indians nicknamed it « Karukéra » which means island of the beautiful waters; indeed, the ubiquity of water is clearly visible. You will notice that there are a lot of rivers and hot spring water in Basse Terre; and that beautiful white sand beaches in Grande Terre or black sand beaches in the west coast of Basse Terre have nothing to envy to postcards!

Awesome paradise for divers, Guadeloupe owns magnificent sea beds with wonderful fauna and flora. Whatever you prefer tan in the sun, hiking or make cultural visits, the island of the beautiful waters will charm you.

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History of Guadeloupe

• From 650 : First Carib migrations from the Amazon basin.

• 1493 : Christopher Colombus discovered Guadeloupe.

• 1636 : Authorization of slavery on the French West Indies territory.

• 1759-1763 : British occupation of Guadeloupe.

• 1794 : Under the influence of the ideas of the French Revolution, Convention voted abolition of slavery.

• 1802 : Napoléon Bonaparte restores slavery.

• 1816 : Guadeloupe returns definitely to France.

• 27 April 1848 : Abolition of slavery under the pression of Victor Schœlcher.

• 1940/1943 : Guadeloupe is submitted, as the entire French West Indies, by the authoritarian power of Amiral Robert, high commisioner of the Vichy government.

• March 1946 : Guadeloupe becomes French departement

• 1983 : Creation of the regional council of Guadeloupe.

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