A journal of the last voyage perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the mouth of the Missisippi River : containing, an account of the settlements he endeavour'd to make on the coast of the aforesaid bay, his unfortunate
A journal of the last voyage perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale to the Gulph of Mexico, to find out the mouth of the Missisippi River : containing, an account of the settlements he endeavour'd to make on the coast of the aforesaid bay, his unfortunate...
Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec is a LEGO Technic enthusiast based in Warsaw, Poland. A prolific blogger and model builder, Sariel's LEGO creations have been featured in many magazines, the world's most popular LEGO blogs, and even prompted the LEGO Group to use his help in developing some of its products. Sariel is a guest blogger for the official LEGO Technic website and is a 2012 LEGO Ambassador for Poland. He is YouTube's most-viewed LEGO Technic builder.
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Pawel "Sariel" Kmiec is a LEGO Technic enthusiast based in Warsaw, Poland. A prolific blogger and model builder, Sariel's LEGO creations have been featured in many magazines, the world's most popular LEGO blogs, and even prompted the LEGO Group to use his help in developing some of its products. Sariel is a guest blogger for the official LEGO Technic website and is a 2012 LEGO Ambassador for Poland. He is YouTube's most-viewed LEGO Technic builder.
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Very Good. Octavo. xxi, [9], 205, [5] p. : folded map; 19 cm. 1st English Edition. Bound in early 20th century red leather. Gilt lettering on spine. 5 raised bands. AEG. Good binding and cover. Minimal wear to extremities. Scuffer line on lower front board. Clean, unmarked pages with tanning. New end pages. Lovely folding map in cotton facsimile. "Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas" (Howes). Field 808; Howes J266; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 114; Raines pp. 130--131; Wagner Spanish Southwest 79 a; Greenly p. 21; Streeter sale 1: 112; Church 859; Jones Adventures in Americana 150; Jones 399; Bell p. 274; Harrisse 750; Waterston p. 7; European Americana 714/70; Sabin 36762; Keynes p. 164; Clark Old South I: 14; Field 808; Graff 2252. Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. After sailing for New France in 1666, La Salle began issuing land grants and learning the native language. The Mohawk told him the Ohio River flowed into the Mississippi River. Thinking the river flowed into the Gulf of Mexico, La Salle began his expedition to find a western passage to China. Details La Salle's final expeditions from July 1684 to August 1688. The main goal of the expedition was to establish a French Colony on the Gulf of Mexico, akin to Quebec, on the mouth of the Mississippi River, as a foothold between Spain's holdings in North America. The expedition was a failure, from pirate attacks sinking one ship and poor navigation which sent the foundation of the colony, Fort Saint Louis, 400 miles west of the intend landing. La Salle led a group eastward on foot on three occasions to try to locate the mouth of the Mississippi. On the final search, some of the remaining 36 men mutinied, near present day Navasota, Texas. On March 19, 1687, La Salle was slain by Pierre Duhaut during an ambush while talking to Duhaut's decoy, Jean L'Archeveque. The remaining six men, led by Henri Joutel, made their way to Illinois Country. During their journey through Illinois to Canada, the men did not tell anyone that La Salle was dead. They reached France in the summer of 1688 and informed King Louis of La Salle's death and the horrible conditions in the colony. The colony itself lasting only until 1688, when Karankawa-speaking Native Americans killed the remaining adults and took four children as adopted captives. Joutel's journal provides some of the earliest written information on the interior, natural history, and ethnography of central North America.
