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Author:

Payment, Simone.

Title:

La Salle : claiming the Mississippi River for France / Simone Payment.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Rosen Pub. Group,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

112 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687.
Explorers--Mississippi River Valley--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--France.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers.
Mississippi River Valley--French.--French.--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River Valley--History--To 1803.--Juvenile literature.
Canada--History--To 1763 (New France)--Juvenile literature.
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration.
America--French.--French.
Canada--French.--French.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-108) and index.

Contents:

Early life and first explorations -- Wilderness adventures -- A river journey -- A successful trip down the Mississippi River -- The final journey -- The Louisiana Purchase.

Summary:

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:

The library of explorers and exploration

ISBN:

9780823936281 (lib. bdg.)
0823936287 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49305454

LCCN:

2002002037

Locations:

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca)

NHPD993 -- Belmond Public Library (Belmond)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SBPB074 -- Dunkerton Public Library (Dunkerton)

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

RTPA135 -- J.J. Hands Library (Lohrville)