Title: LA Salle
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.
Subjects: French, Discovery and exploration, Juvenile literature, Explorers, Biography, History, La salle, robert cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687, Explorers, juvenile literature, Mississippi river valley, description and travel, Canada, history, to 1763 (new france), America, discovery and exploration, juvenile literature, America, discovery and exploration
Places: America, Canada, France, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Valley
People: Robert Cavelier La Salle sieur de (1643-1687)
Time periods: To 1763 (New France), To 1803