Historical collections of Louisiana and Florida
Subtitle: including translations of original manuscripts relating to their discovery and settlement, with numerous historical and biographical notes.
By: By B.F. French. 2d ser. Historical memoris and narratives, 1527-1702.
Publisher: A. Mason
Published: 1875
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Florida -- History -- Sources; Louisiana -- History -- Sources; New France -- History -- Sources; America -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Sources.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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.
Table of contents: title: Memoir of Robert Cavalier, sieur de La Salle, addressed to Monseigneur de Seignelay.; title: Narrative of the expedition of M. Cavalier de La Salle to explore the (Mississippi) Colbert River [written by Jacques de La Metairie]; title: Historical journal ... of M. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.; title: Memoire sent by the king to M. de Denonville ... explanatory of the French possessions in North America.; title: Introduction to the colonial history of Florida. [Columbus' letter to Santangel, on his arrival from his first voyage]; title: Proclamation of Pamfilo de Narvaez. To the inhabitants of the countries and provinces from Rio de Palmas to the Cape of Florida, 1527.; title: Narrative of the first voyage of Jean de Ribault.; title: 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.; title: Memoir of Hernando d'Escalante Fontanedo, on the country and ancient Indian tribes of Florida.; title: La reprinse de la Floride, par le cappitaine Gourzue.; title: Memoria de Joan de La Vandera.