Talk:Portuguese conquest of French Guiana

Lack of a worldwide view on the subject
This article, though well-written, practically only touches upon the invasion carried out by British forces, all but omitting the more substantial Portuguese and Brazilian contributions. It also lacks any mention of the strategic importance for the Portuguese and French empires of a return to the Treaty of Utrecht's borders, nor does it report on the subsequent occupation of French Guyana by Portugal, which lasted for eight years. Another missing fact is the historical importance of this battle to the Brazilian Marine Corps, who view it as their victorious baptism of fire.

I'd gladly contribute myself, but I really don't have enough time ATM. hopefully someone interested on the subject will help broaden the article's scope.Missionary (talk) 01:08, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi, I wrote the article in its present state, and as ayou can see above, the sources available to me were unfortunately limited to the English language, and were largely campaign histories. If you have more information please add it to the article, but if you can't spare the time, the wait for another contributor is likely to be a long one.--Jackyd101 (talk) 01:53, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, let's keep the tag, I'll see to it asap... I've only been making marginal contributions to Wikipedia for the past few months due to lack of time, but this article's now on my watch list for future work. regards Missionary (talk) 03:32, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I´m trying to contribute by solving this issue. I added some brazilian historiographical references, mentioned the event as the Brazilian Marine Corps baptism of fire and fixed some errors in the article (the contingents were lacking the land forces and counted only the naval infantry forces and sailors). -187.37.114.55 (talk) 09:13, 17 May 2011 (UTC)