Discusses the activities of some of the first French explorers who came to North America beginning in the late sixteenth century, including Giovanni Verrazano, Jacques Cartier, ?tien Br?l?, and others.
A short biography for children on the life and journeys of French explorer Sieur de La Salle, and includes information about his expeditions to the Mississippi River, Louisiana, and his last expedition near Matagorda Bay, Texas.
The life of the sixteenth-century French navigator and explorer whose discovery of the St. Lawrence River and the fertile land beyond led to the establishment of a French colony in the Americas.
Chronicles the life and adventures of seventeenth-century French explorer Sieur de la Salle, and describes his early life and expeditions through North America as well as his obsession with building a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Chronicles the life and adventures of sixteenth-century French explorer Samuel de Champlain, and describes his voyages from France to North America in search of a trade route to Asia, the founding of Acadia,and the colonization of New France.
