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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8) The English and French in North America 1689-1763

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The text of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8) The English and French in North America 1689-1763 comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #51470. It is public domain in the United States. Edited by Justin Winsor. Project Gutenberg’s header and license text are removed, and RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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About this book

Language
English
Subjects
America › Discovery and exploration, United States › History, America › History
Length
343,102 words · about 24 h 2 min
Sections
19 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (19)
  1. Opening about 1 min
  2. I. PAGE about 1 min
  3. Chapter II about 1 min
  4. Chapter III about 1 min
  5. Chapter IV under 1 min
  6. Chapter V about 1 min
  7. Chapter VI under 1 min
  8. Chapter VII about 1 min
  9. Chapter VIII about 2 min
  10. I. CANADA AND LOUISIANA about 2 h 18 min
  11. II. NEW ENGLAND, 1689-1763 about 2 h 31 min
  12. III. THE MIDDLE COLONIES about 2 h 1 min
  13. IV. MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA about 37 min
  14. V. THE CAROLINAS about 2 h
  15. VI. THE ENGLISH COLONIZATION OF GEORGIA about 1 h 10 min
  16. Chapter VII about 1 h 43 min
  17. VIII. THE STRUGGLE FOR THE GREAT VALLEYS OF NORTH AMERICA about 53 min
  18. Part II (part 1 of 2) about 5 h 25 min
  19. Part II (part 2 of 2) about 5 h 16 min

The opening of I. PAGE

CANADA AND LOUISIANA. Andrew McFarland Davis 1

ILLUSTRATIONS: La Présentation, 3; Autograph of Callières, 4; of Vaudreuil, 5; of Beauharnois, 7; of La Jonquière and of La Galissonière, 8; One of Céloron’s Plates, 9; Portrait of Lemoyne d’Iberville, with Autograph, 15; Environs du Mississipi (1700), 22; Portrait of Bienville, with Autograph, 26; Autograph of Lamothe, 29; of Lepinay, 31; Fac-simile of Bill of the Banque Royale, 34; Plans of New Orleans, 37, 38; View of New Orleans, 39; Map of the Mississippi, near New Orleans, 41; Fort Rosalie and Environs, 47; Plan of Fort Chartres, 54; Autograph of Vaudreuil, 57.

CRITICAL ESSAY 63

ILLUSTRATIONS: Autograph of La Harpe, 63; Portrait of
Charlevoix, with Autograph, 64; Autograph of Le Page, 65;
Map of the Mouths of the Mississippi, 66; Autograph of De
Vergennes, 67; Coxe’s Map of Carolana, 70.

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