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Event trade Americas

New Orleans

1718 CE

Strategic trade port at the mouth of the Mississippi River, controlling commerce for the entire interior of North…

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Consolidated city-parish in Louisiana, US

New Orleans on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · Americas

New Orleans

1718 CE – still standing

Strategic trade port at the mouth of the Mississippi River, controlling commerce for the entire interior of North America

Standing in 1718 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

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New Orleans George Bannister · CC BY 2.0