# La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West

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- Book: [La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West](https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-parkman/la-salle-and-the-discovery-of-the-great-west) ([La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-parkman/la-salle-and-the-discovery-of-the-great-west.md))
- Authors: [Francis Parkman](https://www.bookquiver.com/francis-parkman)
- Publisher: modern_library
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-06-7964-229-9
- Published: 2000-10-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687), one of the most legendary explorers of the New World, is best known for claiming the entire Louisiana Territory for France in 1682. Two years later,...