Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . population of the island of NewOrleans, has been estimated at 50,150 whites, and blacks and mulattoes. Of the other parts of Loui- ( H9 ) siana, though the number is are inconsiderable, the popu-lation is not ascertained. History. Louisiana was first discovered by the Spa-niards in 1539. It was more fully explored along theMississippi by the French in
Carey's American pocket atlas ; containing twenty a brief description of each state, and of Louisiana: also, the census of the inhabitants of the United States, for 1801 and The exports from the United States for ten years . population of the island of NewOrleans, has been estimated at 50,150 whites, and blacks and mulattoes. Of the other parts of Loui- ( H9 ) siana, though the number is are inconsiderable, the popu-lation is not ascertained. History. Louisiana was first discovered by the Spa-niards in 1539. It was more fully explored along theMississippi by the French in 1682. The king of Francesent persons in the year 1697 under the command of anaval officer, named Ibberville : these formed the firstpermanent European settlement in this country; and in1717 the celebrated Mississippi company was years after was founded the town of New French ceded this extensive territory to Spain in1762. It continued under the Spanish domination untilthe year 1800, when it was reconveyed to France. Inthe year 1803, this country was purchased by the govern-ment of the United States from France for fifteen mil-lions of dollars: and it is now become an appendage ofthe Union.
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