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The Discovery of the Mississippi River and Louisiana by Pierre d'Iberville

French School, (18th century); French. Medium: engraving. Date: 18th Century. Decouverte du cours du Mississippi et de la Louisiane; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville et d'Ardillieres; rediscovering the place marked with French coat of arms by Rene Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle (1643-87) in 1683; French explorer in North America; luckless expedition seeking the mouth of the Mississippi; Provenance: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France / Giraudon. Photographic Rights The Bridgeman Art Library.