Exploring the Mississippi River Valley
By: Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden.
Contributors: Naden, Corinne J.
Series: Exploring the Americas
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
Genres: Biography; Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: who found it?; title: Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: where the river flows (1541); title: Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: France enters its claim (1682); title: Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville: where the river ends (1697); title: Jean-Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville: the road to New Orleans (1699); title: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft: where the river begins (1832); title: Epilogue: what did they find?; title: Important events in the exploration of the Mississippi River Valley; title: Important sites along the Mississippi River system.