La Salle
Claiming the Mississippi River for France
New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2004.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 112 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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.
Series: Library of explorers and exploration.
Contents:
Early life and first explorations -- Wilderness adventures -- A river journey -- A successful trip down the Mississippi River -- The final journey -- The Louisiana Purchase.
Subjects:
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- France -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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.
ISBN:
0823936287 (lib. bdg.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY La Salle, Robert | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-108) and index.