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Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet : explorers of the Mississippi / Tanya Larkin.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The library of explorers and explorationPublication details: New York : Rosen Central, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0823936252 (lib. bdg.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 977/.01/0922 B 22
LOC classification:
  • F352 .L43 2004
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.