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Raising La Belle

by Mark G. Mitchell · 2001

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Under the mud below twelve feet of water lay "La Belle, the prized ship of famous French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle. In 1995 the ship was discovered by the Texas Historical Commission. For the next year, archeologists labored to extract the ship and her amazing cargo. The excavation made headlines worldwide. The "Belle was the last hope of escape from Fort St. Louis, a Texas settlement in trouble. When the ship sank, the fort's inhabitants—including pirates, missionaries, and orphans—confronted an unmapped wilderness and hostile Karankawa Indians. "Raising La Belle interweaves highlights of one of America's most exciting archeological finds with the story of Texas' lost French colony.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
archaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
17th century17th centuryMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisGulf of MexicoGulf of MexicoMore like thisLess of thisMississippi River ValleyMississippi River ValleyMore like thisLess of thisNorth AmericaNorth AmericaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 107 pages

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