Marquette and Jolliet : voyage of discovery

Duration: 0:14:46

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Coronet Instructional Media: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Reenacts the canoe trip of the famous French explorers who, over a period of l,673 days, mapped the course of the Mississippi River and its accompanying geography. Narrates the journey with selections from Father Marquette's journal which cite encounters with friendly Indians and the explorers' exuberance when they discovered the mouths of the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. Culminates the arduous voyage, which began in Lake Michigan, with the discovery that the Mississippi's waters empty into the Gulf of Mexico., Reenacts the canoe trip of the famous French explorers who, over a period of l,673 days, mapped the course of the Mississippi River and its accompanying geography. Narrates the journey with selections from Father Marquette's journal which cite encounters with friendly Indians and the explorers' exuberance when they discovered the mouths of the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. Culminates the arduous voyage, which began in Lake Michigan, with the discovery that the Mississippi's waters empty into the Gulf of Mexico.

Complete Record: , Reenacts the canoe trip of the famous French explorers who, over a period of l,673 days, mapped the course of the Mississippi River and its accompanying geography. Narrates the journey with selections from Father Marquette's journal which cite encounters with friendly Indians and the explorers' exuberance when they discovered the mouths of the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers. Culminates the arduous voyage, which began in Lake Michigan, with the discovery that the Mississippi's waters empty into the Gulf of Mexico.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.