Three voyages [[electronic resource] /] / René Laudonnière ; translated with an introduction and notes by Charles E. Bennett

• Autore: Laudonnière René Goulaine de
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Disciplina: 917.59/1; 917.591
• Soggetto topico: French - Florida; Colonists - Florida; French - Florida - History - 16th century; Spaniards - Florida - History - 16th century
• Soggetto geografico: Florida History Huguenot colony, 1562-1565; Florida Description and travel
• Altri autori: BennettCharles E. <1910-2003.>
• Note generali: Originally published: Gainesville : University Presses of Florida, [1975].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Three voyages
• ISBN: 0-8173-8347-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778820403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II