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Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census and estimated at 204,689 following an annexation in 2023, making it the sec
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Mobile, Alabama skyline
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Louisiana (New France)
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Louisiana, also known as French Louisiana, was a district of New France. In 1682, the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle erected a cross near the mouth of the Mississippi River an
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…ground, likely to prevent their enemies from occupying it. An earth-and-palisade Fort Louis was constructed at the new site. In 1720, the capital of La Louisiane was moved to Biloxi, and Mobile became a regional military and trading center. In 1723 the construction of a new brick fort with a stone foundation…
Painting by Theodore Gudin titled La Salle's Expedition to Louisiana in 1684. The ship on the left is La Belle, in the middle is Le Joly, and L'Aimable is to the right. They are at the entrance to Matagorda Bay
Claiming Louisiana for France in 1682
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans