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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre, 1661-1706.

Contributor:

McWilliams, Richebourg Gaillard.

Standardized Title:

Gulf journals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French--Gulf States--History--Sources.

French.

French--Mississippi River Valley--History--Sources.

Gulf Coast (U.S.)--Description and travel.

Gulf Coast (U.S.).

Gulf States--History--To 1803--Sources.

Gulf States.

Mississippi River Valley--Description and travel.

Mississippi River Valley.

Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803--Sources.

Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre, 1661-1706.

Le Moyne d'Iberville, Pierre.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Other Title:

Gulf journals

Place of Publication:

University, AL : University of Alabama Press, c1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8529-0

OCLC:

664233621