Louisbourg

English Etymology Borrowed from en fr Louisbourg, named after Louis XIV of France. Pronunciation en Proper noun en Q3263622 en unincorporated community/and/former town rmun/Cape Breton Regional Municipality p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. en 1997 Kurlansky Mark Mark Kurlansky Chapter 4: 1620: The Rock and the Cod Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World Walker 9781440672873 The ships would leave Europe in April, when there was a good easterly wind. Trans-Atlantic mariners wanted the wind dead on the stern, so they could run with it, sticking to the same latitude—a method called easting and westing. Columbus, Cabot, and many others had done this. If a ship left the harbor at La Rochelle, dropping below the two islands that protect that harbor, and then stuck to its latitude, it would make landfall at Cape Breton, where the French station of Louisbourg was established so that La Rochelle ships could easily find it. Related terms en Louisburg French fr:+ (Nouvelle-Écosse) Etymology From fr Louis -bourg Louis XIV of France King Louis XIV of France. Pronunciation Louis-bourg Proper noun fr unincorporated community/and/former town rmun/Cape Breton Regional Municipality p/Nova Scotia c/Canada Louisbourg