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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07614b.htm

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Founder of the colony of Louisiana, b. at Villemarie, Montreal, 16 July, 1661; d. at Havana, 9 July, 1706. He was the third son of Charles Le Moyne, a native of Dieppe Sieur de Longueuil in Canada, and of Catharine Primot. Several of his brothers distinguished themselves greatly as explorers and sailors, viz., the Sieurs de Longueuil, Sainte-Helene, Maricourt, Serigny, Chateauguay, and Bienville. Iberville became a sailor at an early age and served as a volunteer under the Chevalier de Troyes in Hudson Bay.

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Pierre LeMoyne d' Iberville: Discoverer of the Mississippi Gulf Coast - English
URL: http://www.datasync.com/~davidg59/biloxi1.html

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This website contains the history of d'Iberville's discovery of the area now known as Biloxi, Mississippi and the surrounding Gulf Coast, including the history of the quest to discover the entrance to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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