Robert de La SalleInfobase Publishing, 2009 - 111 sivua La Salle is one of the best-known but least-understood explorers of human history. Celebrated for following the Mississippi to its mouth in present-day Louisiana, he was also berated for failing to relocate that same area when he came by sea. Justly known as the greatest of the canoe-carrying and paddle-wielding Frenchmen of his time, he was a failure when it came to colonization and conquest. There was greatness within him, including a powerful will to succeed, but there was also sheer stubbornness, which cost him when he attempted to create a French colony in what is now Texas. In Robert de La Salle, read about a man whose journeys encouraged explorers from other European nations to survey the southeastern United States. |
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1 Seven Feet Under | 6 |
2 A Norman in America | 11 |
3 The Norman and the Gascon | 21 |
4 The Father of Waters | 33 |
5 To the Gulf | 52 |
6 New Directions | 63 |
7 Catastrophe | 79 |
8 La Salle and the West | 89 |
Chronology | 96 |
Glossary | 100 |
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Further Resources | 103 |
Picture Credits | 105 |
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About the Author | 110 |