René-Robert Cavelier, or Sieur de La Salle, grew up in France and dreamt of adventures in distant lands! Through this exciting biography, readers will explore

The La Salle Expedition on the Mississippi River presents the definitive English translation of Nicolas de La Salle's diary account of René-Robert Cavelier, Si

“Those of us who knew how to swim crossed to the other bank. But a number of our company did not know how to swim, and I was among that number. One of the Ind

In the late seventeenth century, General Alonso de León led five military expeditions from northern New Spain into what is now Texas in search of French intrud

Ren -Robert Cavelier, or Sieur de La Salle, grew up in France dreaming of adventures in distant lands. When he travelled to New France as a Jesuit missionary in