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  1. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France .

    • 1686–1706
  2. Jul 20, 1998 · Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville (baptized July 20, 1661, Ville-Marie [now Montreal, Can.]—died July 9, 1706, Havana, Cuba) was a French-Canadian naval hero and explorer, noted for his exploration and battles on behalf of the French in Hudson Bay and in the territory of Louisiana. The son of prominent Montreal fur trader Charles Le Moyne ...

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  3. The man from Hudson’s Bay. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville is only 25 years old when, on August 10, 1686, the chevalier Pierre de Troyes entrusts him with the command of the posts which have just fallen to the French. D’Iberville becomes a freebooter. Marauding around the Nelson River, he captures two English ships.

  4. Sep 16, 2022 · Pierre Le Moyne was born in the frontier village of Montreal, the third son of Catherine Thierry and Charles Le Moyne, on July 16, 1661. He was educated in the Sulpician seminary of Montreal. With the permission of Governor Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac, Iberville served as a midshipman in the French navy during his teenage years.

  5. Le Moyne. modifier. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville et d’Ardillières Note 1, né le 16 juillet 1661 à Ville-Marie (aujourd'hui Montréal, Québec) et mort vers le 9 juillet 1706 à La Havane ( Cuba ), est un navigateur, commerçant, militaire, corsaire et explorateur en Nouvelle-France. En 1686, il effectue ses premiers faits d’armes au cours ...

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  7. Reference entries. in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History Length: 212 words. Search for: 'Pierre Le Moyne d' Iberville' in Oxford Reference ». (1661–1706).Son of a prominent Canadian family, Iberville joined Pierre de Troyes in the capture of Hudson's Bay Company posts on James Bay in 1686. In these raids he revealed ...

  8. Jan 21, 2008 · In 1686, Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville et d’Ardillières joined the expedition led by de Pierre de Troyes against the English in James Bay . He was rewarded with the governorship of the conquered trading posts. He returned to the bay in 1688, 1690 and 1694. There, he raided English posts and seized furs. On 5 September 1697, his lone ship ...

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