Cabildo Museum, Jackson Square, New Orleans (page 3/11)

Iberville: Coloniee Francoises 1699

A stone inscribed as follows: [more...]

Iberville

In 1699 Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville, sailed into the Gulf of Mexico to resume France’s quest for a transcontinental empire. his party reached the mouth of the Mississippi on Shrove [...]Te Deum Over the next few months Iberville’s expedition continued up the Mississippi past Baton Rouge and Pointe Coupée, and then returned through the lakes and into the Gulf. [more...]

Pierre Le Moyne

A portrait next to the caption. [more...]

Dug-out canoe

Blurry boat.

Dug-out canoe, or pirogue

This may have been made by Native Americans or by the white settlers who copied them; it dates from the 19th century. [more...]

Pirogue (caption)

Pirogue
19th Century
Gift of the Friends of the Cabildo
Pirogues made from hollowed out logs were adapted by Europeans from Native Americans. Small boats of this type are still used in many parts of Louisiana today. [more...]

Pirogue: one end

One end of the Pirogue (dug-out canoe).

Pirogue: other end

Another end of the Pirogue (dug-out canoe).

Santo: St. John the Baptist Figurine 1

A carved figurine, Saint John the Baptist, from around 1700.

Shown in the museum in New Orleans, photographed with permission.

Santo: St. John the Baptist Figurine 2

With his outstretched hand he appears to be begging. Or possibly he’s a gay disco dancer, but that seems less likely. As I recall, the figure was about 18 inches high. [more...]