La Salle and the discovery of the great West
By: by Francis Parkman
Series: France and England in North America -- pt. 3
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
Subjects: Discovery and exploration
Description: Robert Cavelier de La Salle is among the most legendary explorers of the New World, best known for claiming the Louisiana Territory for France in 1682. Only two years later, while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, he landed in east Texas.
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