Image: Moose Factory rebaptisé Fort St-Louis après sa capture par les Français en 1686

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Description: Moose Factory (also called Monsipi), in James Bay, after its capture by the French in June 1686, and renamed Fort Saint-Louis. "Fort Saint-Louis, located in the island next to it (marked with the letter A), provided with 40 pieces of cannon, 25 of which were brought from Fort Sainte-Anne and in which the French trade in furs" . Dedicated to Monsignor Marquis de Seignelay (Minister of the Navy). Detail of a map published in 1687 to illustrate the expedition made in 1686 by the French to seize the English forts in southern Hudson Bay (James Bay). Map made from the drawings made by the geographer of the expedition, Pierre Allemand.
Title: Moose Factory rebaptisé Fort St-Louis après sa capture par les Français en 1686
Credit: BNF
Author: Pierre Allemand (1662-1691)
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