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History of New Orleans

Brief History of New Orleans Abridged We delve into the brief history of New Orleans, in a nutshell. The New Orleans Foundation In 1682 French explorer Robert de la Salle explored the Mississippi River and claimed Louisiana for France. In 1718 Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville founded the great city of La Nouvelle-Orléans. It was named in honor of the Duke of Orleans. New Orleans was built in a strategic position to defend the entrance to the Mississippi River. The first small settlement was devastated by a hurricane in 1721, but the engineer Adrien de Pauger laid out a new…