Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, credited to John Gilmary Shea, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley by John Gilmary Shea. Read in English by volunteer readers. "It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette's map and voyage have indeed appeared, but the narrative varies in no small degree from the authentic manuscript, and the map is not at all a copy of that still preserved, as it came from the hand of the great explorer. These published from original manuscripts, and accompanied by the narratives of the missionaries in La Salle's expedition, are now first presented in an accessible shape, and complete the annals of the exploration. The life of Marquette, and the history of the exploration itself, are the result of many years study of the early Spanish and French authorities, both printed and manuscript, some of which have never before been consulted." - Summary by the Author

Recording facts

• Recording title: Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley
• Author credits: John Gilmary Shea
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 11:59:24

Catalogue topics

• exploration
• Mississippi
• Illinois
• Jolliet
• James Marquette
• La Salle
• Louis Hennepin

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 00 - Preface — 2:01
2. 01 - Pt 1 History of the Discovery of the Mississippi River — 21:30
3. 02 - Pt 2 History of the Discovery of the Mississippi River — 25:12
4. 03 - Pt 3 History of the Discovery of the Mississippi River — 22:35
5. 04 - Pt 1 Life of Father James Marquette — 25:27
6. 05 - Pt 2 Life of Father James Marquette — 23:00
7. 06 - Pt 3 Life of Father James Marquette — 24:47
8. 07 - Notice on the Sieur Jolliet — 4:00
9. 08 - Notice on Father Dablon, Pt 1 Voyages and Discoveries of Father James Marquette — 28:26
10. 09 - Pt 2 Voyages and Discoveries of Father James Marquette — 53:23
11. 10 - Footnote on the Character of the Illinois — 25:23
12. 11 - Pt 3 Voyages and Discoveries of Father James Marquette — 28:50
13. 12 - Pt 4 Voyages and Discoveries of Father James Marquette — 30:37
14. 13 - Narrative of a Voyage Made to the Illinois by Father Claude Allouez — 28:05
15. 14 - Bibliographical Notice of the 'Etablissement de la Foi' of Father Christian le Clercq — 18:19
16. 15 - Pt 1 Narrative of the First Attempt by M. Cavelier de la Salle to Explore the Mississippi — 18:42
17. 16 - Pt 2 Narrative of the First Attempt by M. Cavelier de la Salle to Explore the Mississippi — 15:08
18. 17 - Biographical Notice of the Works of Father Louis Hennepin — 37:34
19. 18 - Pt 1 Narrative of a Voyage to the Upper Mississippi, by Father Louis Hennepin — 38:29
20. 19 - Pt 2 Narrative of a Voyage to the Upper Mississippi, by Father Louis Hennepin — 32:35
21. 20 - Pt 3 Narrative of a Voyage to the Upper Mississippi, by Father Louis Hennepin — 27:47
22. 21 - Narrative of the Adventures of La Salle's Party — 42:12
23. 22 - Narrative of La Salle's Voyage Down the Mississippi — 44:57
24. 23 - Account of La Salle's Attempt to Reach the Mississippi by Sea — 21:19

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