Cover Image

The wrecking of La Salle's ship Aimable and the trial of Claude Aigron /

When Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, landed on the Texas coast in 1685, bent on founding a French colony, his enterprise was doomed to failure. Not only was he hundreds of miles from his intended landfall--the mouth of the Mississippi--but his supply ship, Aimable, was wrecked at the mouth of Ma...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weddle, Robert S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Aigron, Claude > Trials, litigation, etc.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, > sieur de, > 1643-1687 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Aimable (Ship)
Trials > France > La Rochelle.
Shipwrecks > Law and legislation > France.
Liability for marine accidents > France.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780292793682
0292793685
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Voyage of destiny
  • Makings of disaster
  • The parting
  • The lost cause
  • La Salle's reports
  • Charge and rebuttal
  • The hearing
  • The summation
  • The search for Aimable.

Similar Items