Exploring the Mississippi River Valley
Chicago : Raintree, [2003]
Format: Book
Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Early European explorers were on a quest for gold, fur, and other riches in the New World. Even more important to them was the race to find the legendary Northwest Passage, a quicker route to the vast trading wealth of the Far East. Soon they found that North America, and indeed the entire world, was much larger than they had ever imagined. Take a journey around the Mississippi River Valley with legendary explorers such as Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. Illustrations, maps, and pictures help bring their stories to life. Learn about the land, the discoveries, and the people who helped shape a continent.
Series: Blue, Rose. Exploring the Americas.
Contents:
Prologue: who found it? -- Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: where the river flows (1541) -- Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: France enters its claim (1682) -- Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville: where the river ends (1697) -- Jean-Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville: the road to New Orleans (1699) -- Henry Rowe Schoolcraft: where the river begins (1832) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important events in the exploration of the Mississippi River Valley -- Important sites along the Mississippi River system.
Subjects:
Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Explorers -- Mississippi River Valley -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1010L
ISBN:
0739849492
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HISTORY Exploration Blu | Northeast Indoors | Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.