Fleur de lys and calumet [[electronic resource] ] : being the Pénicaut narrative of French adventure in Louisiana / / translated and edited by Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams ; with a foreword by Robert R. Rea

• Autore: Pénicaut André
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, [1988], c1981
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 pages)
• Disciplina: 976.3/01
• Soggetto topico: French - Louisiana - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: Louisiana Discovery and exploration; Louisiana History To 1803
• Altri autori: McWilliamsRichebourg Gaillard ReaRobert Right <1922->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 J
• Titolo autorizzato: Fleur de lys and calumet
• ISBN: 0-8173-8470-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778824903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II