Explorers of the Mississippi

Chronicles the explorations of conquistadors, voyageurs, and charlatans who discovered, opened up and exploited the Mississippi River Valley. Includes information on Hernando De Soto, Jacques Cartier, Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, Henry de Tonti, Father Hennepin, Jonathan Carver, Zebulon Pike, Giacomo Costantino Beltrami, and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, and many others.