Louisiana - History - To 1803
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Mr. Joutel's journal of his voyage to Mexico his travels eight hundred leagues through forty nations of Indians in Louisiana to Canada: his account of the great river Missasipi. To which is added, a map of that country; with a description of the great water-falls in the river Misouris. Translated from the French publish'd at Paris.
Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735.Date: 1719- E-books
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Africans in colonial Louisiana : the development of Afro-Creole culture in the eighteenth century / Gwendolyn Midlo Hall.
Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo.Date: c1992- E-books
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A journal of the last voyage perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico , to find out the mouth of the Missisipi river; containing, An Account of the Settlements he endeavour'd to make on the Coast of the aforesaid Bay, his unfortunate Death, and the Travels of his Companions for the Space of Eight Hundred Leagues across that Inland Country of America. now call'd Louisiana, (and given by the King of France to M. Crozat,) till they came into Canada. Written in French by Monsieur Joutel, A Commander in that Expedition; and translated from the edition just publish'd at Paris. With an exact map of that vast country, and a Copy of the Letters Patents granted by the K. of France to M. Crozat.
Joutel, Henri, 1640?-1735.Date: 1714- E-books
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The history of Louisiana , or of the western parts of Virginia and Carolina: containing a description of the countries that lye on both sides of the river Missisipi: [sic] with an account of the settlements, ... Translated from the French, ... by M. Le Page du Pratz; with some notes and observations ... In two volumes.
Le Page du Pratz, d. 1775.Date: 1763- E-books
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An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana, and West-Florida , comprehending the river Mississippi with its principal branches and settlements, and the rivers Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobille, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-Hatcha, &c. The climate, soil, and produce whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; with directions for sailing into all the bays, lakes, harbours and rivers on the north side of the Gulf of Mexico, and for navigating between the islands situated along that coast, and ascending the Mississippi River. By Thomas Hutchins, geographer to the United States.
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]