Musée de la Compagnie des Indes: Exploring The Company That Founded New Orleans

While in Lorient, France I visited the Museum of the Company of the East. The establishment of New Orleans’ economy is linked to this French institution. One of its exhibits reveals the institution that ignited the wealth the city would cultivate.

Eric GabourelApril 7, 2024Musee de la Compagnie des Indes, The East Indian Company, Phillipi II, John Law, France, Lorient, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans Tour, New Orleans Economy, Saint Domanbgue, Eric Gabourel, MaafaComment

The Shores of Saint-Malo

Remembering a ships journey from Saint-Malo, Benin, to Louisiana.

A Thanksgiving Reflection on Joan of Arc

This Thanksgiving I remember Joan of Arc and her resistance to British Invasion to gleam insights into Colonialism in the New World.

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Colonial Sketches of Louisiana in Parisian Spaces

Going Back to My Roots in Lorraine

In the summer of 2022 I decided to travel to Mandray, Lorraine, France…the village my family departed over 250 years ago. - Eric Gabourel