A History of Louisiana, Vol. 1 of 4

Download or read book A History of Louisiana, Vol. 1 of 4 written by Alcee Fortier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Louisiana, Vol. 1 of 4: Early Explorers and the Domination of the French, 1512 1768 Map OF louisiana, reproduced from Father Louis Hennepin's Description de la Louisiane, nouvellement découverte au Sud-ouest de la Nouvelle France, first edition, 1683. This is the first map in which the name of La Louisiane ap pears. The Mississippi was then known as the river Colbert, and its course is shown only to the Mission des Recollets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.