Title: Despite all obstacles
Subtitle: La Salle and the conquest of the Mississippi
Description: A biography of the man who explored the St. Lawrence, Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, and who claimed America's heartland for King Louis XIV and France.
Subjects: Biography, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, French, History, Juvenile literature, Exploration, French Discovery and exploration, La salle, robert cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
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