joliet, louis

Describes what it was like to travel down the Mississippi River with French explorers Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet. Highlights where they went, why and how they got there, and what went right and wrong. Includes a timeline, fact boxes, a glossary, resources for further information, and color illustrations.

A history of the exploration of the Mississippi River, discussing the men who accomplished it.

This book describes the exploration in 1673 of the Mississippi River through the wilderness of North America to the Gulf of Mexico by two French men, Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette.

Presents a short children's history of explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet and describes their exploration of the Mississippi River Valley, encounters with the native tribes along the way, and legacies.

Examines the lives of explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, discussing Marquette's youth and training as a priest, and his mission work in Canada, looking at Jolliet's travels and love of adventure, and chronicling their exploration of the upper Mississippi River.

Describes the seventeenth-century expedition undertaken by two Frenchmen, a priest and a soldier, that led to the European discovery of the upper Mississippi.

An account of the expedition led by two Frenchmen, a soldier and a priest, to explore the Mississippi River in the late seventeenth century.

A brief biography of the seventeenth-century French explorers who were the first Europeans to locate and chart the Mississippi River.

Examines the lives and discoveries of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, seventeenth-century French explorers who were assigned to follow the course of the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to see whether it led to the Pacific Ocean.

A brief biography of the seventeenth-century French explorers who were the first Europeans to locate and chart the Mississippi River.