Louisiana (New France)
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louisiana-new-france-189-8624658
title:
Louisiana (New France)
text:
Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. In 1682 the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the whole of the drainage basin of the Mississippi River in the name of King Louis XIV, naming it "Louisiana". This land area stretched from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. The area was under French control from 1682 to 176
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Administrative district of New France (1682–1803)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)
date created:
2005-06-04T16:43:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T08:11:50Z
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13
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16