Three voyages
by Laudonnière, René Goulaine de
This translation of an eyewitness account by a major participant offers valuable information about all three attempts to establish a French colony on the south Atlantic coast of North America. Rene Laudonniere's account of the three attempts by France to colonize what is now the United States is uniquely valuable becausehe played a major role in each of the ventures-first, in 1562, as second in command during the founding of the ill-fated Charlesport, then as commander for the establishment of …
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- Full title :Three voyages / René Laudonnière ; translated with an introduction and notes by Charles E. Bennett.
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This translation of an eyewitness account by a major participant offers valuable information about all three attempts to establish a French colony on the south Atlantic coast of North America. Rene Laudonniere's account of the three attempts by France to colonize what is now the United States is uniquely valuable becausehe played a major role in each of the ventures-first, in 1562, as second in command during the founding of the ill-fated Charlesport, then as commander for the establishment of Fort Caroline on Florida's St. Johns River in 1564, and finally as the one to welcome French reinf.
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- Publication Date:©2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Alabama Press
- Place of Publication:Tuscaloosa
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001.
Notes
Originally published: Gainesville : University Presses of Florida, [1975].
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxii, 232 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780817383473, 0817383476
- oclc:ocn773827004
- LC Classification:F314
- Dewey Decimal:975.901
Table of Contents
Foreword to Paperback Edition; Introduction; Three Voyages; Preface; The First Voyage; The Second Voyage; The Third Voyage; Appendices; A-Newly Discovered Portrait of Dominique de Gourgues; B-Laudonnière's Shipping Contract of 1572 -- C-Mutual Gift Agreement between René Laudonnière and His Wife; D-Plant life in Sixteenth-Century Florida -- Notes; Notes to Introduction; Notes to Three Voyages; Notes to Appendix B; Index.
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