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Additional Reading
Guy Lasserre, La Guadeloupe: Étude géographique, 3 vol. (1978), is a detailed geography. Travel guides include Pascale Couture, Guadeloupe, 5th ed. (2005); and Lynne M. Sullivan, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, & St. Lucia Alive! (2002). Jean Benoist (ed.), L’Archipel inachevé: culture et société aux Antilles françaises (1972), is an anthropological study of the French islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie-Galante, and Saint-Barthélemy. Albert L. Gastmann, Historical Dictionary of the French and Netherlands Antilles (1978), is a useful reference, though dated. Marion Goslinga (compiler), Guadeloupe (2000), is a bibliographic guide.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Profile: Literacy rate deleted. | Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of Guadeloupe Islands. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Prince Edward Island - Institute of Island Studies - Guadeloupe (PDF). | Jun 13, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Business Matters - Guadeloupe Braces for Hurricane Maria. | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Birdlife International - Guadeloupe (PDF). | Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - Guadeloupe: These tiny islands are the French Caribbean?s greatest secret. | Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Conseil régional de la Guadeloupe - Guadeloupe, a land of history. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Minist?re de la Culture - Dac Guadeloupe. | Aug 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Guadeloupe Islands. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Heads of government. | Oct 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Guadeloupe, France. | Sep 20, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Country Profile: Expanded Country Profile. | Mar 21, 2018 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Updated to mention Hurricane Maria. | Sep 27, 2017 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Jun 23, 2017 | ||
| In Economy section, revised text regarding trade partners. | May 16, 2016 | ||
| Added locator map to the Introduction; in People and Economy sections, added data charts. | May 16, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated political status. | Mar 21, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 10, 2015 | ||
| Revised fauna in Plant and animal life section. | Aug 10, 2015 | ||
| Changed "General Council" to "Departmental Council" in Government section. | Jun 18, 2015 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated political status and heads of government. | Apr 06, 2015 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated heads of government. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Guadeloupe. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated for new president of France. | May 18, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Feb 27, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Changed Official name. | Feb 03, 2011 | ||
| Added image of banana plantation. | Aug 25, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Reviewed and updated Political status. | Jun 21, 2010 | ||
| Updated number of General Council members in Government section. | Jun 21, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
| Alternate titles revised; added "overseas region" to first paragraph of Introduction. | Feb 23, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 12, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Guadeloupe. | Jul 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Guadeloupe. | Jul 08, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Jan 29, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Jan 29, 2008 | ||
| History updated. | Jan 29, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Guadeloupe. | Jul 25, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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