The Memoir of Lieutenant Dumont, 1715-1747 : A Sojourner in the French Atlantic /

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In 1719, Jean-François-Benjamin Dumont de Montigny set sail for Louisiana with a commission as a lieutenant after a year in Quebec. His adventures over the next 18 years, as recorded in his 1747 memoir, underscore the complexity of the expanding French Atlantic world, offering a singular perspectiv...

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Autor principal: Dumont de Montigny
Autor Corporativo: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
Otros Autores: Zecher, Carla, 1959-, Sayre, Gordon M. (Gordon Mitchell), 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
French colonies.
French.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > North America.
Français > Amerique du Nord > Histoire.
French > North America > History.
North America.
America.
Amerique du Nord > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale)
North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
France > Colonies > America > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • Introduction
  • Chronology of the Life of Dumont and Events in His Memoir
  • The Dumont Family
  • Editorial Methods and Description of the Dumont de Montigny Manuscript Memoir
  • Translator's Note
  • THE MEMOIR
  • Dedicatory Epistle
  • Chapter 1. Voyage to Quebec
  • Return to La Rochelle: 1714-1719
  • Chapter 2. Voyage to Louisiana
  • Return to Lorient: May 1719-March 1721
  • Chapter 3. Second Voyage to Louisiana
  • Settlement of the Colony: March 1721-Sept. 1722.
  • Chapter 4. Quarrels in New Orleans
  • Battles at Natchez: Oct. 1722-Aug. 1724
  • Chapter 5. Pascagoula
  • Natchez: Aug. 1724-Sept. 1729
  • Chapter 6. The Natchez Revolt: Autumn 1728-Summer 1735
  • Chapter 7. Life in New Orleans
  • The First Chickasaw War: Sept. 1732-June 1737
  • Chapter 8. Return to France
  • The Second Chickasaw War: June 1737-Sept. 1746
  • Chapter 9. The English Attack Brittany: Sept.-Oct. 1746
  • Chapter 10. Financial Difficulties
  • Imprisonment: 1746-1747
  • Chapter 11. Ethnography
  • Chapter 12. Natural History and the Story of Juchereau de Saint Denis
  • Appendix 1. Title.
  • Appendix 2. Preface
  • Appendix 3. List of the Names of Nations Known to the Author That Are Found in the Island of North America
  • Appendix 4. Table
  • A Biographical Dictionary of the Persons Named in Dumont's Manuscript Memoir
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y.

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