Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Subtitle: explorers of the Mississippi
By: Tanya Larkin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The library of explorers and exploration
Publisher: Rosen Central
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675 -- Juvenile literature; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700 -- Juvenile literature; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- French -- Juvenile literature; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803 -- Juvenile literature; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A biography of the French explorers whose primary goal was to find the Northwest Passage, but who made their mark on history by exploring and charting the Mississippi River.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.
Table of contents: title: The great river seekers; title: The colony of New France; title: Parallel lives come together; title: Rumors of a great river; title: On the way to the great river; title: Meeting the Illinois; title: The power of the peace pipe; title: The return voyage; title: Jolliet's life after the Mississippi; title: Marquette and Jolliet: their legacy.