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| Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Ictiobus
bubalus [Smallmouth Buffalo], New Orleans MHN du Havre, collection Lesueur, 76001 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Megalops
atlanticus fish [Tarpon], New Orleans MHN du Havre, collection Lesueur, 76052 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Tortue Deirochelys
reticularia, New Orleans MHN du Havre, Collection Lesueur, 78038 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Trachemys
scripta turtle [Red-Eared Slider], drawn at New Orleans in April 1834 MHN du Havre, collection Lesueur, 78006 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, Gopherus
polyphemus [Gopher Turtle], New Orleans MHN du Havre, Collection Lesueur, 78031 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Terrapene
carolina [Box Turtle] of Mississippi MHN du Havre, collection Lesueur, 78027 |
| © muséum du Havre |
| Originally from Le Havre, Charles Alexandre Lesueur was hired in 1815 to be a draftsman-naturalist in the United States. For twenty-two years he traveled through Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Illinois, navigated down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and lived in New Harmony, Indiana and New Orleans. He brought back from these travels a unique collection of thousands of drawings and sketches. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, brill, porcupinefish,
paddlefish (detail) Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2, p. 155 |
| BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Wildcat, Brown Rat (detail) Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2, p. 94 |
| BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Crocodile, rattlesnake,
Green Snake (detail) Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2, p. 101 |
| BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Grand gosier, Flamingo Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2, p. 113 |
| BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Le Page du Pratz, Flying squirrel,
Duckbill, Egret (detail) Histoire de la Louisiane, Paris, 1758, t. 2, p. 98 |
| BNF, Imprimés |
| The director of the Indies Company plantation, across from New Orleans, Antoine Le Page du Pratz lived in Louisiana from 1715 to 1734. He published a thick volume of abundantly-illustrated memoires in Paris in 1758. They are a primary source of information about the daily life of the French in Louisiana. |
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| Fish of Louisiana: "casse turgôt, robin fish, bowfin, porcupinefish with three rows of teeth, patasas" (detail) |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers
touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…,
ca. 1742 BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 158 Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Alligator and rattlesnake, Indian club
and fleur de lys club, calumet [Indian pipe] Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…, ca. 1742 |
| BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 154 (en Bas) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Brown bear, catfish and variegated red
and yellow serpent Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…, ca. 1742 |
| BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 150 (en bas) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Boeuf sauvage, black snake Benjamin Dumont de Montigny, Poême en Vers touchant l’établissement de la province de la Loüisiane…, ca. 1742 |
| BNF, Arsenal, ms 3459, p. 164 (en haut) Photo G.-A. Langlois |
| Benjamin Dumont de Montigny was the son of a French lawyer. In 1719 he was sent to the concession of the Duke of Belle-Ile at Natchez. His legacy includes his memoires, published in Paris in 1753, as well as many maps and plans, and two manuscripts illustrated with picturesque drawings. |
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| Charles Plumier, The alligator |
| Volume: Fish, Birds, Lizards, Serpents and Insects
MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 24, pl. 140 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Brill |
| Collection: Fish of America MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 25, pl. 8 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Brill |
| Collection: Fish of America MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 25, pl. 10 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Small ocean hake |
| Collection: Fish of America MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 25, pl. 30 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Shells from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Collection: Conchilia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 26, pl. 15 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Shells from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Collection: Conchilia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 26, pl. 48 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Shells from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Collection: Conchilia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 26, pl. 66 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Shells from the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Collection: Conchilia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 26, pl. 74 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, White egret |
| Collection: Ornitographia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 27 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Toucan |
| Collection: Ornitographia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 27 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Grand gosier [a type of pelican], skeleton |
| Collection: Ornitographia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 27 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Grand gosier [a type of pelican], skeleton |
| Collection: Ornitographia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 27 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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| Charles Plumier, Grand gosier [a type of pelican], head |
| Collection: Ornitographia Americana MNHN, Bibliothèque centrale, Ms 27 |
| Sent by the Intendant Bégon to the Gulf of Mexico, Plumier made two voyages at the end of the 17th century that would take him from the Antilles all the way to Brazil. Many of the species that he was the first to describe and draw are found in Louisiana and along its coast. |
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