La Salle
Subtitle: claiming the Mississippi River for France
By: Simone Payment.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The library of explorers and exploration
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 -- Juvenile literature.; La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.; Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- 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.; Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France) -- Juvenile literature.; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-108) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early life and first explorations; title: Wilderness adventures; title: A river journey; title: A successful trip down the Mississippi River; title: The final journey; title: The Louisiana Purchase.