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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819239303321

Autore

Le Moyne d'Iberville Pierre <1661-1706.>

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University, AL, : University of Alabama Press, c1981

ISBN

0-8173-8529-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

McWilliamsRichebourg Gaillard

Disciplina

976

Soggetti

French - Gulf States - History

French - Mississippi River Valley - History

Gulf Coast (U.S.) Description and travel

Gulf States History To 1803 Sources

Mississippi River Valley Description and travel

Mississippi River Valley History To 1803 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.