La Salle: Claiming the Mississippi River for France

2003 • 122 pages

Profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Library of Explorers and Exploration

Library of Explorers and Exploration is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Josepha Sherman, Marian Rengel, and Martha Kneib.