While referring to post-1814 governors of Suriname as governors of Dutch Guiana seems harmless, it is problematic doing the same for the pre-1814 governors, as that would imply that they had jurisdiction over the other Dutch colonies in the Guianas, which they had not.
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Just before the Pearl Harbor Attack, on 3 December, the Squadron was ordered to distant Zandrey Field, Dutch Guiana ( by way of Piarco Field, Trinidad ) under an agreement with the Netherlands government-in-exile, by which the United States occupied the colony to protect bauxite mines.
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Even playing cards were used for currency in France in the early 19th century, and in French Canada from 1685 until 1757, the Colony of Louisiana, Dutch Guiana, and in the Isle of Man in the beginning of the 19th century, and again in Germany after World War I.
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Although the colony has always been officially known as Surinam or Suriname, in both Dutch and English, the colony was often unofficially and semi-officially referred to as Dutch Guiana ( Dutch : " Nederlands Guiana " ) in the 19th and 20th century, in an analogy to British Guiana and French Guiana.
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The treaty forged by the Dutch and English stated that each party would hold onto any lands held or conquered at the time of the Dutch Guiana in South America, and the group of islands in the East Indies known as the Spice Islands ( now called Maluku Islands ) that were the source of the valuable spice nutmeg.
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By mid-January 1942, it was found expedient to send a detachment of the Headquarters to Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico to liaise with the VI Interceptor Command headquartered there, and detachments of six P-40C's were also quickly moved to Atkinson Field, British Guiana and Zandery Field, Dutch Guiana, to provide local air defense for the other elements stationed at those remote bases for Ferrying Command.
