LA Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River A Lost Manuscript of Nicolas De LA Salle, 1682

The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's 1682 discovery expedition of the Mississippi River from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. This previously unknown manuscript copy was discovered recently in the collection of rare books in the Texas State Archives. It provides the most complete and authoritative account available of this historic North American adventure and territorial claim. By careful cross-document analysis, Foster projects an extended expedition chronology that adds about two weeks to the journey, corrects the date that La Salle's claim was announced, and revises erroneous interpretations made by most contemporary French and American Scholars. The work includes maps prepared by the noted Southwest cartographer John V. Cotter.La Salle, Nicolas de is the author of 'LA Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River A Lost Manuscript of Nicolas De LA Salle, 1682' with ISBN 9780876111963 and ISBN 0876111967.