La Salle

By Jeff Donaldson-Forbes

Book Overview

La Salle traveled to New France from Rouen in 1666. La Salle led an expedition in 1669 to the Lake Ontario region. Backed by Count de Frontenac, La Salle descended the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682, claimed all lands touched by the Mississippi for King Louis XIV, and called the region Louisiana.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823958302
• ISBN13: 9780823958306
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: PowerKids Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6