Louisiana-Quadricentennial Plaza-Jamestown Settlement - Jamestown VA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 13.558 W 076° 46.981
18S E 341817 N 4121429
Following Cabeza de Vaca, this area was further explored by Hernando de Soto in 1541, and claimed for France in 1682 by La Salle, whose attempt at establishing a colony five years later ended in his death.
Waymark Code: WM13DE4
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2020
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Louisiana-Quadricentennial Plaza— Jamestown Settlement —
Capital-Baton Rouge
Following Cabeza de Vaca, this area was further explored by Hernando de Soto in 1541, and claimed for France in 1682 by La Salle, whose attempt at establishing a colony five years later ended in his death. In 1699 Pierre Lemoyne Sieur d’Iberville built a fort near the present site of New Orleans. New Orleans was founded in 1718, and in 1731 Louisiana became a French crown colony. In 1763 France ceded the territory to Spain, who gave it back to the French in 1800. Three years later France sold the territory to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
1528-Explored by Cabeza de Vaca for Spain
1699-Permanently settled by the French
1812-Admitted to the Union as the 18th state.
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