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Author:

Lackey, Jennifer, 1969-

Title:

Jacques Cartier : exploring the St. Lawrence River / Jennifer Lackey.

Publisher:

Crabtree Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Cartier, Jacques,--1491-1557--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Saint Lawrence River--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--France--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Saint Lawrence River--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Canada--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

A northern beginning -- The age of discovery -- Early life of Cartier -- The Northwest Passage -- Foundation for fame -- The quest for riches -- Life at sea -- Aboard a galleon -- St. Lawrence Iroquois -- After Cartier -- Cartier's legacy.

Summary:

A biography of the European explorer whose expeditions led to the building of French settlements at the present-day cities of Montreal and Quebec City in Canada.

Series:

In the footsteps of explorers

ISBN:

9780778724308 (rlb)
0778724301 (rlb)
9780778724667
0778724662

LCCN:

2006012401

Locations:

WCPC115 -- Alta Community Library (Alta)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

LZSX115 -- Storm Lake Middle School (Storm Lake)