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Sieur d' Iberville



Iberville, Sieur d' (1661–1706), French-Canadian fur trader and explorer, founder of Louisiana. In 1699 he began exploring the mouths of the Mississippi River; he built a fort on Biloxi Bay and established a post at the site of Mobile, Ala.



See also: Louisiana.

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