Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

4°. Mit 5 Karten und 7 Porträts. 87 SS. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rsch. (stark beschabt und bestoßen, Ecken und Kanten mit Läsuren, Deckel gestempelt).

Bemerkung:

"House of Representatives, Document No. 708". Contents: "Error in the United States map. What was the original Louisiana? LaSalle's descent of the Mississippi. LaSalle takes possession in name of Louis XIV. DeTonty's narrative of the discovery. Iberville's exploration of the mouth of Mississippi. Settlement at Biloxi. Spanish claim to territory along Gulf east of Mississippi. De Soto at Tampa Bay. First settlement of New Orleans. The grant to Crozat. Moll's map. Bowen's map of North America. Jefferson's letter to Mellish. Franquelin's map. Crozat's colony abandoned. France cedes to Spain. Treaty between France and Spain. Louisiana a troublesome and expensive province. De Ulloa's arrival at New Orleans. His expulsion. Spanish fleet appears before New Orleans. Spain cedes Florida to Great Britain. Confusing treaties. The family compact. Talleyrand's experiment. The Floridas retroceded to Spain. The United States and Spain. Southern boundary defined. American settlements. The navigation of the Mississippi. Popular discontent. Attempts to secure commercial privileges. Spain retrocedes to France. The treaty of San Indenfonso, 1800. Depredations upon our commerce by France. Preparations to resent such depredations. Dismissial of our envoys".