Format:
Online-Ressource (349 p)
ISBN:
9780817304140
Series Statement:
Library Alabama Classics
Content:
Andre Penicaut, a carpenter, sailed with Iberville to the French province of Louisiana in 1699 and did not return to France until 1721. The book he began in the province and finished upon his return to France is an eyewitness account of the first years of the French colony, which stretched along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas and in the Mississippi Valley from the Balize to the Illinois country. As a ship carpenter, Penicaut was chosen as a member of several important expeditions: he accompanied Le Sueur up the Mississippi River in 1700 to present-day Minnesota, and he went with Jucher
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Pénicaut's Narrative; 1.The Years 1698 and 1699; 2. The Year 1700; 3. The Year 1701; 4 The Year 1702; 5. The Year 1703; 6. The Year 1704; 7. The Year 1705; 8. The Year 1706; 9. The Year 1707; 10. The Year 1708; 11. The Year 1709; 12. The Year 1710; 13. The Year 1711; 14. The Year 1712; 15. The Year 1713; 16. The Year 1714; 17. The Year 1715; 18. The Year 1716; 19. The Year 1717; 20. The Year 1718; 21. The Year 1719; 22. The Year 1720; 23. The Year 1721; Bibliography; Appendixes; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817384708
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817304140
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Fleur de Lys and Calumet : Being the Penicaut Narrative of French Adventure in Louisiana
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
