By Patricia K. Galloway
In this choice of essays marking the tricentennial of René-Robert Cavelier de l. a. Salle's 1682 day trip into the reduce Mississippi Valley, 13 students from quite a few disciplines examine his legacy and the importance of French colonialism within the Southeast. those students within the fields of French colonial historical past and the ethnohistory of the Indians of the Louisiana Colony care for a variety of themes starting from los angeles Salle's day trip itself and its position within the context of recent global colonialism usually to the interplay of French settlers with local Indian tribes.
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