LA Salle

By Simone Payment

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Biography, Explorers, French, Discovery and exploration, Explorers, juvenile literature, America, discovery and exploration, juvenile literature, America, discovery and exploration, Canada, history, to 1763 (new france), La salle, robert cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687, Mississippi river valley, description and travel, History

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.