Note 15 — A VIEW OF THE LEAD-MINES OF MISSOURI.
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The following are the principal historical epochs of Louisiana, chronologically arranged:
A.D.
Discovered by Ferdinand de Soto, and named Florida 1539
Visited by the French from Canada 1674
Settlement made by La Salle 1683
A settlement made at Beloxi 1699
Granted to Crozat by Louis XIV., 14th September 1712
New Orleans founded by the French 1717
Retroceded to the crown by Crozat 1717
Granted to the Company of the West 1717
Retroceded by the Company of the West 1731
Ceded by France to Spain 1762
First occupied by the Spanish 1769
Ceded to the United States 1803
Taken possession of by the United States, 20th December 1803
Louisiana became a State, August 1812
Missouri Territory erected, 4th June 1812