Pack your bags-we're going on an incredible trip! TRAVEL WITH THE GREAT EXPLORERS takes you on some of the most remarkable journeys of exploration. Discover where the explorers went, why they went there, how they got there, and what went right and wrong along the way. The French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La France-now Canada-to search for a route to Asia. Instead he explored the Great Lakes and helped develop the French fur trade. He also traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi and claimed a huge area of land for France. La Salle turned out to be an ambitious and ruthless explorer who was useless at geography. He wanted to return to the Mississippi but couldn't find it!
Pack your bags-we're going on an incredible trip! TRAVEL WITH THE GREAT EXPLORERS takes you on some of the most remarkable journeys of exploration. Discover where the explorers went, why they went there, how they got there, and what went right and wrong along the way. The French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La France-now Canada-to search for a route to Asia. Instead he explored the Great Lakes and helped develop the French fur trade. He also traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi and claimed a huge area of land for France. La Salle turned out to be an ambitious and ruthless explorer who was useless at geography. He wanted to return to the Mississippi but couldn't find it!
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