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Book/Printed Material Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida : including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes.

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Title

  • Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida : including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes.

Names

  • French, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1799-1877, ed.

Created / Published

  • New York : A. Mason, 1875.

Contents

  • Memoir of Robert Cavalier, sieur de La Salle, addressed to Monseigneur de Seignelay.--Narrative of the expedition of M. Cavalier de La Salle to explore the (Mississippi) Colbert River [written by Jacques de La Metairie]--Historical journal ... of M. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.--Memoire sent by the king to M. de Denonville ... explanatory of the French possessions in North America.--Introduction to the colonial history of Florida. [Columbus' letter to Santangel, on his arrival from his first voyage]--Proclamation of Pamfilo de Narvaez. To the inhabitants of the countries and provinces from Rio de Palmas to the Cape of Florida, 1527.--Narrative of the first voyage of Jean de Ribault.--Memoir of the ... voyage of the fleet commanded by ... Pedro Menendez de Aviles, which sailed from Cadiz ... June 28th ... 1565. By Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales.--Memoir of Hernando d'Escalante Fontanedo, on the country and ancient Indian tribes of Florida.--La reprinse de la Floride, par le cappitaine Gourzue.--Memoria de Joan de La Vandera.

Headings

  • -  Florida--History--Sources
  • -  Louisiana--History--Sources
  • -  Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803--Sources
  • -  America--Discovery and exploration

Notes

  • -  Preceded by the editor's Historical collections of Louisiana, 1846-52, 4 v., Historical memoirs of Louisiana, 1853, 1 v., and his Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida, new ser., 1869, 1 v.
  • -  LAC snh 2019-07-10 update (2 card)

Medium

  • xvii, 300 p. ; 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F366 .F89

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02002984

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

French, B. F, editor. Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida: including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes. New York: A. Mason, 1875. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/02002984/.

APA citation style:

French, B. F., editor. (1875) Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida: including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes. New York: A. Mason. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/02002984/.

MLA citation style:

French, B. F, editor. Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida: including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes. New York: A. Mason, 1875. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/02002984/>.