Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet : explorers of the Mississippi /
Tanya Larkin.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Rosen Central, 2004.
- 112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
- The library of explorers and exploration .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.
The great river seekers -- The colony of New France -- Parallel lives come together -- Rumors of a great river -- On the way to the great river -- Meeting the Illinois -- The power of the peace pipe -- The return voyage -- Jolliet's life after the Mississippi -- Marquette and Jolliet: their legacy.
A biography of the French explorers whose primary goal was to find the Northwest Passage, but who made their mark on history by exploring and charting the Mississippi River.