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Profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

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 three voyages to the New World made by a sixteenth-century French navigator.

Explores the life of Ren? Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, from his childhood to his travels to his death, his discoveries and accomplishments, and his impact on world history.

Pictures and text describe La Salle's exploration of the Ohio, Illinois, and Mississippi Rivers.

Presents a biography of early French explorer Samuel de Champlain and chronicles his expeditions in Canada and founding of Quebec, the fur trade and relationship with the Native Americans, and the Battle of Lake Champlain.

Presents a brief biography of sixteenth-century explorer Jacques Cartier, in simple text with illustrations.

Presents a brief biography of French explorer Jacques Cartier, who was one of the major discoverers of Canada.

A color-illustrated biography of seventeenth-century French explorer Ren?-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, who became the first European to travel the entire Mississippi River, and whose expeditions led to France's creation of the Louisiana colony.

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.