Author(s): David Aretha
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 112
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-05-01
Dimensions: 170.18 x 236.22 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: Springfield, United States
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Ren-Robert Cavelier, known as Sieur de La Salle, was the first European explorer to traverse the entire Mississippi River to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. Originally groomed for the priesthood in France, La Salle would journey through America on five separate expeditions. Author David Aretha describes how the explorer claimed the Louisiana territory for France in 1682 and met his end at the hands of his own men. Details about La Salle's legacy and the current dispute over raising the shipwreck of one of his ships are included."