Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida, including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes / by B.F. French ... ; new series.

Author/creator French, B. F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : J. Sabin & sons, 1869.
Description4 p.l., 362 p. : facsim. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Memoir, addressed to Count de Pontchartrain, on the importance of establishing a colony in Louisiana by M. de Rémonville / [M. Argoud] 1697 -- Narrative of the voyage made by order of the King of France, in 1698, to take possession of Louisiana / M.P. Le Moyne d'Iberville. 1699 -- Annals of Louisiana, from the establishment of the first colony under M. d'Iberville, to the departure of the author to France, in 1722 / M. Pénicaut -- History of the first attempt of the French (the Huguenots) to colonize the newly discovered country of Florida / René Laudonnière.
General note"Subscriber's copy no. 44." 500 copies printed, according to Sabin (Bibl. amer.)
General notePreceded by the author's "Historical collections of Louisiana", 1846-53, 5 vols., and followed by his "Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida", 2d ser., 1875.
General noteFrench originals of the first and third pieces are found in Margry's "Découvertes et établissements des Français dans l'Ouest et dans la Sud", 1879-88, v. 4, p. 21-34, v. 5, p. 375-586. The fourth is reprinted from Hakluyt's translation of "L'histoire notable de la Floride", 1586.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
General noteSabin no. 25854.
References RLIN, CTRG10213966-B
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
LCCN 02002985

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