La Luisiana (en francés: La Louisiane; La Louisiane française)[6] fue un distrito administrativo del virreinato de la Nueva Francia. Bajo el control francés de 1682 a 1762 y de 1801 (nominalmente) a 1803, el área fue nombrada así en honor del rey Luis XIV por el explorador francés Cavelier de La Salle, Sieur de la Salle. Originalmente cubría un territorio expansivo que incluía la mayor parte de la cuenca hidrográfica del río Misisipi y se extendía desde los Grandes Lagos hasta el golfo de México y desde las montañas de los Apalaches hasta las Rocosas.
Luisiana fue dividida en dos regiones, conocidas como Alta Luisiana, que empezaba al norte del río Arkansas, y Baja Luisiana. El actual estado norteamericano de Luisiana se denomina así por esta región histórica, aunque ocupe solo una pequeña porción del territorio ocupado por los franceses.[6]
- ↑ The Governor General of Canada (12 November 2020). «Royal Banner of France - Heritage Emblem». Confirmation of the blazon of a Flag. February 15, 2008 Vol. V, p. 202. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General.
- ↑ New York State Historical Association (1915). Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association with the Quarterly Journal: 2nd-21st Annual Meeting with a List of New Members. The Association. «It is most probable that the Bourbon Flag was used during the greater part of the occupancy of the French in the region extending southwest from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, known as New France... The French flag was probably blue at that time with three golden fleur - de - lis ....»
- ↑ «Background: The First National Flags». The Canadian Encyclopedia. 28 November 2019. Consultado el 1 March 2021. «At the time of New France (1534 to the 1760s), two flags could be viewed as having national status. The first was the banner of France — a blue square flag bearing three gold fleurs-de-lys. It was flown above fortifications in the early years of the colony. For instance, it was flown above the lodgings of Pierre Du Gua de Monts at Île Sainte-Croix in 1604. There is some evidence that the banner also flew above Samuel de Champlain’s habitation in 1608. ... the completely white flag of the French Royal Navy was flown from ships, forts and sometimes at land-claiming ceremonies.»
- ↑ «INQUINTE.CA | CANADA 150 Years of History ~ The story behind the flag». inquinte.ca. «When Canada was settled as part of France and dubbed "New France," two flags gained national status. One was the Royal Banner of France. This featured a blue background with three gold fleurs-de-lis. A white flag of the French Royal Navy was also flown from ships and forts and sometimes flown at land-claiming ceremonies.»
- ↑ Wallace, W. Stewart (1948). «Flag of New France». The Encyclopedia of Canada II. Toronto: University Associates of Canada. pp. 350-351. «During the French régime in Canada, there does not appear to have been any French national flag in the modern sense of the term. The "Banner of France", which was composed of fleur-de-lys on a blue field, came nearest to being a national flag, since it was carried before the king when he marched to battle, and thus in some sense symbolized the kingdom of France. During the later period of French rule, it would seem that the emblem...was a flag showing the fleur-de-lys on a white ground... as seen in Florida. There were, however, 68 flags authorized for various services by Louis XIV in 1661; and a number of these were doubtless used in New France».
- ↑ a b La Louisiane française 1682-1803, 2002. A pesar de que se llamaba "La Louisiane", ese nombre se convirtió en el término francés para el estado de Luisiana en los Estados Unidos, por lo que, en 1879, la región colonial era llamada La Louisiane française.
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