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MAPS Endsheets: Locations in North America where Saint-Pierre served vii 1. Saint-Pierre's first commands. 12 2. Delisle's 1717 map showing the presumed location ofthe mythical Western Sea 130 3. The Western Sea posts 131 4. Key locations in the disputed Ohio Valley 214 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Portrait of Charles de La Boische de Beauharnois, GovernorGeneral ofNew France, 1726-1747. 24 2. Signatures ofthe betrothed and witnesses on Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre and Marie-Joseph Guillimin's marriage contract, 5 October 1738. 46 3. Portrait of Gilles Hocquart, Intendant of New France, 1729-1748. 62 4. Aerial view ofreconstructed Fort Michilimackinac, 1990. 97 5. Portrait ofRoland-Michel Barrin de La Galissoniere, Commandant General ofNew France, 1747-1749 105 6. Portrait ofJacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquiere, Governor-General of New France, 1749-1752. 111 7. Battlefield drawing showing the fortified Chickasaw villages where Saint-Pierre met with the Chickasaw chiefs, February 1740. 114 8. Michel Chartier de Lotbiniere's 1749 plan of Fort Michilimackinac. 118 9. Caricature ofMichel Bigot, Intendant of New France, 1748-1760. 121 10. Scale model ofmid-eighteenth-century Montreal showing the Saint-Pierres' home on rue Notre-Dame and its neighborhood. 136 11. Plan showing lots and major buildings in the Saint-Pierres , Montreal neighborhood. 137 ...

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