Why Sieur de La Salle Matters to Texas |
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| Author:
| Peppas, Lynn |
| Series title: | Texas Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4777-0917-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Rosen Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $28.93 |
Book Description:
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, set out to build a French colony on the mouth of the Mississippi River, but ended up 400 miles west in Texas. He spent three years exploring Texas searching for the Mississippi, a miscalculation that would cost him his life.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, set out to build a French colony on the mouth of the Mississippi River, but ended up 400 miles west in Texas. He spent three years exploring Texas searching for the Mississippi, a miscalculation that would cost him his life.