Devil's Island has no wooden pistol breaks : the prison colony (maps)

Two maps indicate the location of French Guiana. A small map indicates its position on the northeast coast of South America. The larger map shows the French prison colony system popularly known as Devil's Island: the mainland prisons of Cayenne & St. Laurent and the offshore islands of Ile Royale, St. Joseph, and Devil's Island.

Publication date: 1934-07-22

Size: 32 x 26.3 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Geography:

• French Guiana

Subject(s):

• Colonies--French--French Guiana--1930-1940
• Prisons--French Guiana--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Maps

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 22, 1934), p. 8

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg