Iberville's Gulf journals

Iberville's Gulf journals

by Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre

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Europe's expansion into the New World during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was a story of power alignment and cultural transmission as well as dramatic individual effort. Spain had her conquistadores, France her coureurs de bois, and England her sea dogs. Isolated from the authority of home governments, tempted by the abundance of gold, fur, and fish in the New World, these adventurers so vital to national policies of expansion developed their own personal creeds of conquest and colonizati…

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  • Full title :Iberville's Gulf journals / translated and edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams ; with an introd. by Tennant S. McWilliams.

Summary

Europe's expansion into the New World during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries was a story of power alignment and cultural transmission as well as dramatic individual effort. Spain had her conquistadores, France her coureurs de bois, and England her sea dogs. Isolated from the authority of home governments, tempted by the abundance of gold, fur, and fish in the New World, these adventurers so vital to national policies of expansion developed their own personal creeds of conquest and colonization. Their individual exploits not only represent a humanistic th.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©1981.

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Notes

Translation of: Le Moyne d'Iberville's journals of 3 voyages to the Mississippi from Dec. 31, 1698 to Apr. 27, 1702.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780817300494, 081730049X, 0817385290, 9780817385293
  • oclc:ocn889268854
  • LC Classification:F372
  • Dewey Decimal:976

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville and the Competition for Empire / Tennant S. McWilliams; Iberville's Gulf Journals; First Voyage to the Mississippi: The Journal of the Badine; Second Voyage to the Mississippi: The Journal of the Renommée; Third Voyage to the Mississippi: The Journal of the Renommée; Bibliography; Index

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Subjects

États du Golfe (États-Unis) -- Histoire… Français -- Histoire -- États du Golfe … Français -- Histoire -- Mississippi, Va… french French -- History -- Gulf States French -- History -- Mississippi River … Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Description and tr… Gulf States -- History -- To 1803 History Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis) … Mississippi River Valley Mississippi River Valley -- Description… Mississippi River Valley -- History -- … Mississippi, Vallée du -- Descriptions … Mississippi, Vallée du -- Histoire -- J… Sources To 1803 travel United States -- Gulf Coast

Writers

Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre McWilliams, Richebourg Gaillard

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