Editing History of Suriname (section)

=== Intermittent Settlement ===
[[File:Guiana's.jpg|thumb|250px|Coastline of the Guianas]]

The first Europeans who came to Suriname were Spanish explorers and Dutch traders who visited the area along with other parts of [[South America]]'s 'Wild Coast.' In 1613, a Dutch trading post near the village "Parmurbo" was in existence on the Suriname River, while in the same year the Spanish took over another Dutch trading post on the Corantijn River.<ref>Bert Koene (2019) "De mensen van Vossenburg en Wayampibo: Twee Surinaamse plantages in de slaventijd" Hilversum: Verloren. p. 9</ref> The first significant attempt to settle the area by Europeans was in 1630, when [[England|English]] settlers led by Captain Marshall attempted to found a colony.<ref name="Marshall's">{{cite book|access-date=2008-05-04|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=paQMAAAAYAAJ&q=marshall's+creek+suriname+river&pg=PA253|title=Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of ARTS,SCIENCES, and General LITERATURE, Volume XI|year = 1888|edition=Ninth Edition&mdash;Popular Reprint|quote=In 1614 the states of Holland granted to any Dutch citizen a four years' monopoly of any harbour or place of commerce which he might discover in that region (Guiana). The first settlement, however, in Suriname (in 1630) was made by an Englishman, whose name is still preserved by Marshal's Creek.}}</ref> They cultivated crops of [[tobacco]], but the venture failed financially.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-20|url=https://www.surinameview.com/sranan/geschiedenis/suriname-geschiedenis-deel-1-de-wilde-kust-en-kolonisatie/|date=October 2017|title=History of Surinam}}</ref> In 1640, perhaps while the English were still at Marshall's Creek, the French built an outpost near the mouth of the Suriname River.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surinameview.com/sranan/geschiedenis/suriname-geschiedenis-deel-1-de-wilde-kust-en-kolonisatie/|title=Suriname Geschiedenis Deel 1: De Wilde Kust en Kolonisatie &#124; Suriname View|date=December 2, 2017}}</ref>