An exciting journey by Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle at the request of King Louis XIV
TITLE
The title of the book came about because of the 13 rivers which stretch between La Salle’s Fort St. Louis and the Mississippi River.
LA SALLE’S
TRAVELS
The purple route of 1684 covers the period in which the book takes place.
FT SAINT LOUIS
NAVIGATION ERROR
A navigation error missed the Mississippi by more than 500 miles. Thinking this was an inlet to the Mississippi, they decided to build their fort in Bay St. Louis as named by La Salle.
LA BELLE
A storm blasts La Belle and she is run aground. The crew is stranded. Does anyone survive?