The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River
Subtitle: a lost manuscript of Nicolas de La Salle, 1682
By: edited and with an introduction by William C. Foster ; translated by Johanna S. Warren.
Contributors: Foster, William C., 1928-
Publisher: Texas State Historical Association
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.; La Salle, Nicolas de -- Diaries.; Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- 17th century.; Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography.; Explorers -- France -- Biography.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; Mississippi River Valley -- Description and travel.; Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France)
Genres: Diaries.; Biography.
Description: The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle’s diary account of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle’s 1682 discovery expedition of the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This previously unknown manuscript copy was discovered recently in the collection of rare books in the Texas State Archives. It provides the most complete and authoritative account available of this historic North American adventure and territorial claim. By careful cross- document analysis, Foster projects an extended expedition chronology that adds about two weeks to the journey, corrects the date that La Salle’s claim was announced, and revises erroneous interpretations made by most contemporary French and American scholars. The work includes maps prepared by the noted Southwest cartographer John V. Cotter.