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| South America & Caribbean:The hurricane season, which lasts from July to October, is the determining factor in the duration of naval operations and the convoy programs, for no big ships put to sea during these months, and convoys were timed to arrive from Europe not later than June or earlier than January, while homeward bound convoys sailed in May or June and sometimes in November. The governing factor for the seamen of all nationalities was the wind. The prevailing one was north easterly, which meant that it was an easy matter for, say ships to sail from the Windward Islands to Jamaica, but a very long and arduous operation to make the reverse passage. For this reason outward-bound convoys from England made their landfall at Barbados, where ships with cargoes for the various Windward Islands parted company, and the remainder went on in convoy to Jamaica. For the homeward voyage the ships with cargoes from the Windward Islands collected at St. Kitts, the most northerly of the British Islands, and made their way north to about the latitude of Bermuda to pick up the prevailing west wind to carry them home to the Channel. On the other hand homeward-bound ships clearing from Jamaica instead of beating to the eastward, took advantage of the Gulf Stream, and, after passing through the Yucatan Strait, made their way north until they felt the west wind. Westward bound ships clearing from British ports worked their way south to the latitude of Madeira in order to pick up the trade wind, and ships bound for the East Indies, via the Cape, took the same course for the first part of the voyage. They were thus in a danger-zone until well clear of the latitude of Gibraltar, and their safety could only be assured by the adoption of a convoy and escort system. |
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| North America:English colonists number 262,000, Philadelphia and Bost eachhave 12,000, Ne York 5,000 . | |||||||||||
| Europe: Spain’s Carlos II dies, but names as his heir Philip of Anjou a bourbon grandson of Louis XIV, initiating the War of Spanish Succession next year; while Julian calendar is used by Enliand and most of Europe german states use Gregorian calendar; London is the largest city in Europe at 550,000 | |||||||||||
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February 1700
February 24 Pierre Le Sueur and other Canadians meet Iberville at Bustard s Cove (New Sarpy, Jefferson Parish). Le Sueur, a cousin and explorer, will explore the Missouri River, as far as Kaskaskia to establish not only the crown's interest, but also the family's mining rights for lead and silver. |
March 1700
March 5 After ascending the river to their village he concludes a treaty with the Natchez Indians. Baton Rouge is named by Iberville from the Indian name "Iti Humma", Red Pole. In what is now Pointe Coupee Parish, a narrow stream over portage is widened by Iberville and Bienville. Shortly after 1700 the Mississippi River will form a "point cut off," a crescent shaped land in the river. March 20 Iberville and party pass through Houmas Landing March 20. A chapel will be built by Father Du Ru and a mission founded by Father de Limoges. March 22 Bienville and Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis in the Spring of 1700 visit one of the 7 or 8 Taensa villages (Natchezan group) near Lake St. Joseph. On March 28 they reach a Ouachita village (Caddoan group) where Monroe is today. |
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Iberville again returns to France. |
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| Fort De La Boulaye near Phoenix, La. in Plaquemines Parish is established down river from the future New Orleans. Bienville explores further up the Mississippi River, Bayou Macon and the Ouachita River. He notes the site of one of the oldest wells in Louisiana near Goldonna. First used by the Indians, it provided a major supply of salt for Confederate forces during the War Between the States. |
In 1699-1700 Father Montigny made peace between the Taensa and Natchez and established a mission near Newellton. By 1706 the Taensa were forced to move by the Chickasaw and Yazoo. | Father Paul Du Ru builds first chapel in Louisiana near Bayou Goula village. | A hill that was later to become his vacherie is first sighted by St. Denis and Bienville. Here three paths meet. From the Spanish west came cattle and horses; eastward were his home and the route of flatboats to New Orleans. A road wound north to the Fort at Natchitoches. | In Spain Carlos II ,39, dies and names as his heir Philip of Anjou , 17, a Bourbon and grandson of Louis XIV of France. This sets up the War of Spanish Succession.
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