Blue, Rose. <br/><br/>
Exploring the Mississippi River Valley / 
Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden. 
 - Chicago :  Raintree,  c2003. 
 - 64 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
 - Exploring the Americas .
 - Blue, Rose.  Exploring the Americas. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: who found it? -- Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: where the river flows (1541) -- Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle: France enters its claim (1682) -- Pierre le Moyne d'Iberville: where the river ends (1697) -- Jean-Baptiste le Moyne de Bienville: the road to New Orleans (1699) -- Henry Rowe Schoolcraft: where the river begins (1832) -- Epilogue: what did they find? -- Important events in the exploration of the Mississippi River Valley -- Important sites along the Mississippi River system. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0739849492 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002013352 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Explorers--Mississippi River Valley--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Explorers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mississippi River Valley--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.<br/>Mississippi River Valley--Discovery and exploration.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F351.B58 2003  / .B58 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>977/.01