Note 19 — Buttrick’s Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries 1812–1819
Reading edition
Lake Pontchartrain was discovered by Iberville on his exploring expedition in 1699, and named in honor of Count Pontchartrain, chancellor of France under Louis XIV.—Ed.
Reading edition
Lake Pontchartrain was discovered by Iberville on his exploring expedition in 1699, and named in honor of Count Pontchartrain, chancellor of France under Louis XIV.—Ed.