Download or read book La Salle written by Simone Payment and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the explorer who, upon hearing rumors of the Mississippi River, determined first to find it, then to claim it for France and establish French settlements from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
Download or read book La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West written by Francis Parkman and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1879 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Royal Fort Frontenac written by Léopold Lamontagne and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume assembles all available materials associated with Fort Frontenac, which was the first military establishment in Ontario and stood at present-day Kingston. English translations as well as transcriptions of original French documents are provided. Sections address the Quinte mission, begun by the Sulpicians in 1668, the establishment of Fort Frontenac in 1673, the Sieur de La Salle, war with the Iroquois, the re-establishment of Fort Frontenac, a half-century of uneasy peace, and the fall of Fort Frontenac in 1758. Kingston's history is continued in another volume in the Ontario series, Kingston before the War of 1812.
Download or read book A Kingston Album written by Marion Van de Wetering and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This album follows the history of Kingston from the founding of Fort Frontenac and the accompanying French settlement of Cataraqui in 1673 to its present-day incarnation as a popular tourist and travel destination. In addition to its fine military tradition, Kingston has also been the centre of commerce, shipping, industry, education, and government in the region. Many local citizens have prospered greatly from these diverse endeavours. Others have been less fortunate. From the boom times of Dilene Dexter Calvin’s huge shipping industry and James Richardson’s grain enterprise to the corruption and cruelty of Kingston Penetentiary under Warden Henry Smith Sr., the ups and downs of Kingston’s citizens have mirrored the city’s own. As Kingston’s importance grew, so too did the influence its inhabitants had during the last days of the unified colony and the first of the fledgling Dominion. Sir John Graves Simcoe made Kingston his home for a time, as did Lord Sydenham and Sir John A. Macdonald. More than one hundred black-and-white photographs accompany the text, granting an intimate look at all facets of life in Kingston over the last century. From the prisoners’ quarters at Fort Henry during World War I and the fire in City Hall, to the bustle of market square at the turn of the century and the lonely stretch of road which was Division Street, these photos display both the momentous occasions in the city’s history and the mundane. Hand-picked from the collections of the National Archives of Canada, the Archives of Ontario, and Queen’s University Archives, these beautiful photographs capture the pride and the pain of a city constantly in transition.
Download or read book River of Forgotten Days written by Daniel Spurr and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant voyage of discovery down the great Mississippi. Praised by such authors as John Barth, and George V. Higgins, Dan Spurr's gently powerful memoir, Steered by the Falling Stars, captured the hearts of readers with its story of death, rebirth, and redemption and its evocative description of life under sail. Now, Spurr takes us on another adventure, a voyage into not only the heartland of contemporary America but also back into the rough and ready days of exploration and discovery 250 years ago. Following the trail of the enigmatic French explorer Rene de La Salle, Spurr takes his seven-year-old son Steve and his grown daughter Adriana down the Mississippi from Chicago to New Orleans in the rundown, underpowered Belle. Throughout the journey, the juxtaposition of modern America on the river's banks and the untamed wilds of La Salle's day, as revealed through journals and historical documents, illuminates the changes in the land and its people over the intervening centuries. The inexorable flow of Spurr's clean and honest prose mirrors that of this greatest of American rivers. The voices of the river's denizens and the keen observations of the author's young and wide-eyed shipmates take us deep into the heart of an ever-changing American landscape.
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Download or read book Annals of the West written by James Handasyd Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book France and England in North America Vol 1 7 written by Francis Parkman and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 1766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Parkman's monumental work 'France and England in North America' spans seven volumes and provides a detailed historical account of the struggle for dominance between France and England in the colonization of North America. Parkman's eloquent prose and meticulous research transport the reader to a time when the New World was a battleground for European powers, with each chapter shedding light on the political intrigues, military conflicts, and cultural exchanges that shaped the future of the continent. Parkman's narrative style combines scholarly analysis with vivid storytelling, making his work not only informative but also engaging for readers interested in early American history. As a renowned historian and writer, Parkman's insightful commentary adds depth and perspective to the events he chronicles, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of this pivotal period in North American history. 'France and England in North America' is a must-read for anyone seeking a comprehensive and compelling account of the rivalry between two colonial powers that defined the fate of the continent.
Download or read book Explorers of the New World Time Line written by Ann Richmond Fisher and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting new presentation of timely and timeless material. The Explorers Time Line is sure to spark students' interest in some of history's most fascinating explorers.
Download or read book Robert de La Salle written by Samuel Willard Crompton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Salle is one of the best-known but least-understood explorers of human history. Celebrated for following the Mississippi to its mouth in present-day Louisiana, he was also berated for failing to relocate that same area when he came by sea. Justly known as the greatest of the canoe-carrying and paddle-wielding Frenchmen of his time, he was a failure when it came to colonization and conquest. There was greatness within him, including a powerful will to succeed, but there was also sheer stubbornness, which cost him when he attempted to create a French colony in what is now Texas. In Robert de La Salle, read about a man whose journeys encouraged explorers from other European nations to survey the southeastern United States.
Download or read book Explorers written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-20 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first people to leave Africa to the first to leave the planet, the urge to explore the unknown has driven human progress. Explorers tells the story of humanity's explorations, taking the reader into the lives of some of the most intrepid people ever known. Throughout history, exploration has arisen from a wide range of impulses, from trade and the search for lands to colonize, to scientific curiosity and missionary zeal. This book tells the story of explorers of every type, from those chasing glory to those seeking enlightenment. In its pages, readers will meet some of history's most famous trail blazers-people whose courage opened frontiers, turned voids into maps, forged nations, connected cultures, and added to humankind's knowledge of the world by leaps and bounds. Each life is captured in context, by considering the knowledge of the world in which the explorers lived, the factors that gave rise to their expeditions, and the technology available to them at the time. Their discoveries, and the consequences, are also considered in depth, and highlighted with beautiful maps, photographs, and illustrations. The tales of the explorers' assistants and companions are woven into the overall story, along with an examination of the qualities that made the them drop everything in pursuit of discovery.
Download or read book Historical Collections Collections and Researches Made by the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Download or read book History of Ingham and Eaton Counties Michigan written by Samuel W. Durant and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of Fayette County written by R. S. Dills and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
