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: "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 escorting P
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 an
Other text: "Alexander Mackenzie, a chief trader of the Northwest. Company, first crossed the Rocky Mountains in 1792 and penetrated to the Pacific Ocean by way of the Fraser River."