The wrecking of La Salle's ship Aimable and the trial of Claude Aigron
By: by Robert S. Weddle ; translations by François Lagarde.
Series: Clifton & Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage series -- no. 15
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780292719408
Subjects: Aigron, Claude -- Trials, litigation, etc; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, -- sieur de, -- 1643-1687 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Aimable (Ship); Trials -- France -- La Rochelle; Shipwrecks -- Law and legislation -- France; Liability for marine accidents -- France
Description: The story of the events surrounding the shipwreck of the l'Aimable, supply ship to Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle's ill-fated French colony founded on the Texas coast in 1685 and the subsequent trial of l'Aimable's captain, Claude Aigron in the French courts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Voyage of destiny; title: Makings of disaster; title: The parting; title: The lost cause; title: La Salle's reports; title: Charge and rebuttal; title: The hearing; title: The summation; title: The search for Aimable.