Written from detailed notes taken during this historic journey, Joutel's journal is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of this dramatic story of adventure and misadventure in Texas. Joutel, who served as post commander for La Salle, describes in accurate and colorful detail the daily experiences and precise route La Salle's party followed in 1687 from the Texas coast to the Mississippi River. By carefully comparing Joutel's compass directions and detailed descriptions to maps and geographic locations, Foster has established where La Salle was murdered by his men, and has corrected many erroneous geographic interpretations made by French and American scholars during the past century.
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This review is from: The La Salle Expedition to Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687 (Hardcover)
Joutel's account of La Salle's colonization attempt proved truly riveting. I was shocked that something written over three hundred years ago could hold my fascination like this work did. Of course, much credit must go to the translator, and Foster's annotations added to the book considerably, putting things into proper context. I originally studied this work in search of sources for a research project, but I ended up devouring every word, as it is the best thing I have read in years.
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This was a great book, while reading it, I realized why the missions were such a failure.
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