Author: Laura M. Chmielewski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131760105X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American continent, Marquette and Jolliet combines a story of discovery and encounter with the insights derived from recent historical scholarship. The story provides perspective on the different methods and goals of colonization and the role of Native Americans as active participants in this complex and uneven process.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Author: Laura M. Chmielewski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131760105X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American continent, Marquette and Jolliet combines a story of discovery and encounter with the insights derived from recent historical scholarship. The story provides perspective on the different methods and goals of colonization and the role of Native Americans as active participants in this complex and uneven process.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131760105X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
In this succinct dual biography, Laura Chmielewski demonstrates how the lives of two French explorers – Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Jolliet, a fur trapper – reveal the diverse world of early America. Following the explorers' epic journey through the center of the American continent, Marquette and Jolliet combines a story of discovery and encounter with the insights derived from recent historical scholarship. The story provides perspective on the different methods and goals of colonization and the role of Native Americans as active participants in this complex and uneven process.
Explore with Marquette and Jolliet
Author: Cynthia O'Brien
Publisher: Travel with the Great Explorer
ISBN: 9780778728504
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Marquette was a French missionary and Joliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico! Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the French wanted to explore North America, the fur trade, meetings with local peoples such as the Illinois and Mascouten, relations between France and Spain in the Americas, and what became of the two men after their journey. Teacher's guide available.
Publisher: Travel with the Great Explorer
ISBN: 9780778728504
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Marquette was a French missionary and Joliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico! Historical information and high-interest fact boxes are presented in an appealing tabloid style that guides readers through major voyages, explorations, and discoveries. Topics include why the French wanted to explore North America, the fur trade, meetings with local peoples such as the Illinois and Mascouten, relations between France and Spain in the Americas, and what became of the two men after their journey. Teacher's guide available.
Explore with Marquette and Jolliet
Author: Cynthia (Cynthia J. ) O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Marquette was a French missionary and Jolliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Marquette was a French missionary and Jolliet a fur trader and explorer. Together they set out to find the direction and origin of the Mississippi River, ultimately exploring most of the distance between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Jolliet and Marquette
Author: Daniel E. Harmon
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438146957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
In 1673, an unlikely pair set off to see whether the Mississippi River flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438146957
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
In 1673, an unlikely pair set off to see whether the Mississippi River flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Author: Zachary Kent
Publisher: Children's Press
ISBN: 9780516030722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book 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.
Publisher: Children's Press
ISBN: 9780516030722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book 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.
Marquette and Jolliet
Author: Kristin Petrie
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1616138580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This biography introduces young readers to the lives of Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Jolliet. The book discusses each man's childhood and education. Readers discover that the Mississippi River is one of North America's most important waterways and that Marquette and Jolliet were the first white men to travel the upper Mississippi River, from the Wisconsin River to the mouth of the Arkansas River. The book introduces how various Native American tribes, such as the Quapaw tribe, helped the explorers. Also explained through engaging text are the lives of Marquette and Jolliet following their Mississippi River journey. Marquette soon died at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River, and Jolliet married, had a family, and continued his work as an explorer and a mapmaker. Full-color photos, an index, a timeline, a map, discussion questions, bold glossary terms, and phonetics accompany easy-to-read text and allow readers to follow Marquette and Jolliet's brave journey.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1616138580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This biography introduces young readers to the lives of Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and fur trader Louis Jolliet. The book discusses each man's childhood and education. Readers discover that the Mississippi River is one of North America's most important waterways and that Marquette and Jolliet were the first white men to travel the upper Mississippi River, from the Wisconsin River to the mouth of the Arkansas River. The book introduces how various Native American tribes, such as the Quapaw tribe, helped the explorers. Also explained through engaging text are the lives of Marquette and Jolliet following their Mississippi River journey. Marquette soon died at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River, and Jolliet married, had a family, and continued his work as an explorer and a mapmaker. Full-color photos, an index, a timeline, a map, discussion questions, bold glossary terms, and phonetics accompany easy-to-read text and allow readers to follow Marquette and Jolliet's brave journey.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Author: Tanya Larkin
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823936250
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A biography of the French explorers whose primary goal was to find the Northwest Passage, but who made their mark on history by exploring and charting the Mississippi River.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9780823936250
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A biography of the French explorers whose primary goal was to find the Northwest Passage, but who made their mark on history by exploring and charting the Mississippi River.
Father Marquette's Journal
Author: Jacques Marquette
Publisher: Michigan History Magazine
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher: Michigan History Magazine
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley
Author: John Gilmary Shea
Publisher: Albany : J. McDonough
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher: Albany : J. McDonough
ISBN:
Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Father Jacques Marquette
Author: Susan Sales Harkins
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
ISBN: 1545749892
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
A short biography of the French missionary who explored the northern extreme of the Mississippi River to see if it was the Northwest Passage
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
ISBN: 1545749892
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
A short biography of the French missionary who explored the northern extreme of the Mississippi River to see if it was the Northwest Passage