Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville, born in Canada about 1661, fought against the English in King William's War. In 1697 Iberville was selected to complete explorations of the Mississippi Valley begun by Jean Cavalier LaSalle, and the journals presented here record his service from 1699 to 1702.
Richebourg Gaillard McWilliams (1901-1986) served as head of the Department of English at Birmingham-Southern College and Professor of English at the University of South Alabama. He was a recognized scholar both in history and the French language.
Tennant S. McWilliams is Dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham.
"Geographers, ethnologists, and genealogists as well as historians
will be gratified at the availability of these records. . . . The
Iberville emerging from these pages is egocentric, intrepid,
resourceful, and loyal to the crown, all qualities requisite for
survival in a hostile environment.""The Journal of Southern
History"
"These three journals of d'Iberville's explorations of the Gulf
Coast and the lower Mississippi Valley from 1679 to 1702 are here
presented in English for the first time. . . . Feats of adventure,
bravery, and hardship are vividly portrayed in a firm and factual
style. In the process, d'Iberville presented a careful description
of the terrain as well as of local Indian customs. This work should
be in most undergraduate and all graduate libraries.""Choice"
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