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The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River: A Lost Manuscript of Nicolas de La Salle
William C. Foster
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Hardcover. This is an English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of Rene-Robert Caveller, Sleur de La Salle's 1682 discovery expedition of the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Editor(s): Foster, William C. Translator(s): Warren, Johanna S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 illustrations, 10 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of Rene-Robert Caveller, Sleur 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 ... Read more
The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of Rene-Robert Caveller, Sleur 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas State Historical Assn
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Austin, United States
ISBN
9780876111963
SKU
V9780876111963
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About William C. Foster
William C. Foster, an independent scholar, is the author of several books on the early history of Texas and northern Mexico, including Spanish Expeditions into Texas, 1689-1768, and The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687, (published in 1998 by the TSHA) among others.
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