Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
- ISBN-10
- 0516030728
- ISBN-13
- 9780516030722
- Series
- Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Children's Press
- Author
- Zachary Kent
Description
An account of the expedition led by two Frenchmen, a soldier and a priest, to explore the Mississippi River in the late seventeenth century.
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