The LA Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River

Description:

The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle’s diary account of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle’s 1682 discovery expedition of the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This previously unknown manuscript copy was discovered recently in the collection of rare books in the Texas State Archives. It provides the most complete and authoritative account available of this historic North American adventure and territorial claim. By careful cross- document analysis, Foster projects an extended expedition chronology that adds about two weeks to the journey, corrects the date that La Salle’s claim was announced, and revises erroneous interpretations made by most contemporary French and American scholars. The work includes maps prepared by the noted Southwest cartographer John V. Cotter.

subjects: Description and travel,  Diaries,  French,  Indians of North America,  History,  Explorers,  Biography,  Discovery and exploration,  Geographical discovery & exploration,  North American,  History: American,  Expeditions & Discoveries,  sieur de,,  17th century,  La Salle, Nicolas de,  History - General History,  USA,  1643-1687,  La Salle, Robert Cavelier,,  Mississippi River Valley,  France,  La salle, robert cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687,  Indians of north america, history,  Mississippi river, discovery and exploration,  Mississippi river valley, description and travel,  Mississippi river valley, history,  Canada, history, to 1763 (new france)

People: Nicolas de La Salle,  Robert Cavelier La Salle sieur de (1643-1687)

Places: Canada,  France,  Mississippi River Valley

Times: 17th century,  To 1763 (New France),  To 1803