Wild Coast

Description:

Intrigued by the tale of a distant ancestor who perished on the Wild Coast in 1630, John Gimlette returns to South America to find out what has become of this primeval land. It is a journey that takes him through the old colonies of British, Dutch and French Guiana, through some of the most fantastic forests in the world and through four hundred years of shameless, and often horrifying, colonial history.

subjects: Travel,  Description and travel,  Colonization,  History,  Guyana, description and travel,  Guyana, history

People: John Gimlette (1963-)

Places: French Guiana,  Suriname,  Guyana