title: The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia
author:  Junius P. Rodriguez 
description: Containing nearly 300 entries by some 85 contributors, this large, authoritative volume offers much more than its title suggests. The entries include profiles of obvious persons or events directly related to the Louisiana Purchase, such as Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Lewis and Clark, and there are scores of articles on events leading up to the purchase. But Rodriguez's introduction states correctly that the purchase was more than just a transfer of real estate: it was a seminal event in the development of the United States. Therefore, the book includes numerous accounts of events, persons, or institutions that came long after 1803, e.g., the Homestead Act of 1862 and the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Rodriguez (history, Eureka Coll.) has edited two earlier books for ABC-CLIO (Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery and Chronology of World Slavery), and his newest book is a veritable encyclopedia of the American West. The various Native American tribes, the army forts, the states that were formed out of the territory, and many other topics receive separate entries. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.<BR><I>T.J. Schaeper, St. Bonaventure Univ., New York</I><BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  History of Louisisana
  
  
  [Foreword.](History%20of%20Louisisana_split_001.html#filepos16784)
  
  [PREFACE.](History%20of%20Louisisana_split_001.html#filepos23008)
  
  
  [BOOK I. The Transactions of the French in
  LOUISIANA.](History%20of%20Louisisana_split_002.html#filepos85025)
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER I. Of the first Discovery and Settlement of
  
  
  LOUISIANA.  
    
  [CHAPTER II. The Return of M. de St. Denis: His
  
  
  settling the Spaniards at the Assinais. His Second Journey to Mexico,
  
  
  and Return from thence.  
    
  [CHAPTER III. Embarkation of eight hundred Men by
  
  
  the West India Company to Louisiana. Arrival and Stay at Cape Francois.
  
  
  Arrival at Isle Dauphine. Description of that Island.  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. The Author's Departure for his Grant.
  
  
  Description of the Places he passed through, as far as New Orleans.  
    
  [CHAPTER V. The Author put in Possession of his
  
  
  Territory. His Resolution to go and settle among the Natchez.  
    
  [CHAPTER V