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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Canadian-born French explorer who established settlements in what is now southern Louisiana.
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D'Iberville is a fast-growing small city north of Biloxi.
Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss.: Area hit by Katrina faces oil spill worries 2010
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Without a word Iberville leaped to the open, and came into it ahead of
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Manchac, or Iberville, which is about fifty leagues from the sea, to the river Wabash, which is distant from the sea about four hundred and sixty leagues; and that they had about five hundred Suns or princes.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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This is the river Iberville, which is to be the boundary of the
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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"I am called Iberville," said the young man simply.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Near this is a large gut, formed by the Mifliifippi, on the eafl; fide, called Iberville; fome have dignified it with the name of river, when the Milfiflippr, its fource, is high.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies Winterbotham, William, 1763-1829. cn 1796
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This time the expedition was led by Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville. d'Iberville's expedition, 1698
This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States Henrietta Elizabeth 1917
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After d'Iberville's brilliant exploits in Hudson Bay, Frontenac divided his forces into three corps, which captured Corlar
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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He could have great admiration for an enemy such as Iberville; and he was not a man to fight needlessly.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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And when was the last time d'Iberville's campaign in Newfoundland used for political purposes around these parts?
Progressive Bloggers 2008
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