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Français : Carte espagnole dressée en 1789 et qui mentionne l'épave du navire français La Belle, construit à Rochefort en 1684 et naufragé en 1686 dans la baie de Matagorda (aujourd'hui au Texas). Expédition de Cavelier de La Salle pour trouver l'embouchure du Mississippi et y fonder un établissement français (1684-1687). Sur la carte, les mots Navío Quebrado correspondent à l'épave du navire.
English: Inset of circa 1689 map showing La Belle shipwreck Navío Quebrado, or broken ship) in what was then known as San Bernardo Bay (now Matagorda Bay). This and other historic documents helped guide 20th-century archeologists to the location of La Belle. Drawn by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, the map shows discoveries made by the De León expedition, one of nearly a dozen major expeditions mounted by the Spanish by land and sea to find the French "intruder," La Salle. Enlarge to see full map and location of French settlement, Fort St. Louis. Image courtesy of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
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