La Salle and the discovery of the Great West.
By: Introd. by Allan Nevins.
Series: His France and England in North America,
Publisher: F. Ungar Pub. Co.
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 483
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; New France -- Discovery and exploration; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
Description: A story of the French explorer born Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, who explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, adn the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
Notes: Bibliographical footnotes.
American classics.
First ed. published in 1869 under title: The discovery of the Great West.
Reprint of the 11th ed., published in 1879.
Table of contents: title: 1. 1643-1669 Cavelier de la Salle; title: 2. 1669-1671 La Salle and the Sulpitians; title: 3. 1670-1672 The Jesuits on the Lakes; title: 4. 1667-1672 France takes Possession of the West; title: 5. 1672-1675 The Discovery of the Mississippi; title: 6. 1673-1678 La Salle and Frontenac; title: 7. 1678 Party Strife; title: 8. 1677, 1678 The Grand Enterprise; title: 9. 1678-1679 La Salle at Niagara; title: 10. 1679 The Launch of the “Griffin”; title: 11. 1679 La Salle on the Upper Lakes; title: 12. 1679, 1680 La Salle on the Illinois; title: 13. 1680 Fort Crevecoeur; title: 14. 1680 Hardihood of La Salle; title: 15. 1680 Indian Conquerors; title: 16. 1680 Tonty and the Iroquois; title: 17. 1680 The Adventures of Hennepin; title: 18. 1680, 1681 Hennepin among the Sioux; title: 19. 1681 La Salle begins Anew; title: 20. 1681-1682 Success of La Salle; title: 21. 1682, 1683 St. Louis of the Illinois; title: 22. 1680-1683 La Salle Painted by Himself; title: 23. 1684 A New Enterprise; title: 24. 1684, 1685 The Voyage; title: 25. 1685 La Salle in Texas; title: 26. 1685-1687 St. Louis of Texas; title: 27. 1687 Assassination of La Salle; title: 28. 1687, 1688 The Innocent and the Guilty; title: 29. 1688-1689 Fate of the Texan Colony