Other text: "Rne-Robert Cavlier, Sieur de La Salle, spent several years in exploring the Great Lakes, but the achievement which brought him the greatest fame was tracing the Mississippi from its upper courses to its month. He accomplished this feat in...
Other text: "Pike was an offier of the United States Army, and in 1807 was sent on an expedition to determine the boundary with Mexico. He was captured and held a prisoner for a considerable time by the Spanish. The picture show the Spaniards escorti...
Other text: "Pierre Raddison, a Frenchman, together with Groseiller, in 1659, voyaged west of Lake Superior to Lake Winnipeg, and also covered a great deal of new territory in the vicinity of Hudson's Day."
Other text: "Coraonado was one of the earliest of the Spanish soldier explorers. With a large force he started from olf Mexico in 1540, and traveled across what is now New Mexico, until he reached the present State of Kansas. Luckier than many of his ...
Other text: "Alvarez Nunez Cabeca de Vaca was a Spanish hidalgo in Florida with the armament under Narvaex from 1527 to 1537. Ge was captured by Indians when the Expedtion was destoryed, and together with three soldiers and a Moor they made their way ...
