TY - BOOK AU - Larkin,Tanya TI - Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: explorers of the Mississippi SN - 0823936252 (lib. bdg.) : AV - F352 .L43 2004 U1 - 977/.01/0922B 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Rosen Central KW - Marquette, Jacques, KW - Joliet, Louis, KW - Explorers KW - America KW - Biography KW - sears KW - France KW - Mississippi River Valley KW - Exploration KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -