A map of southern Canada, the Great Lakes region, and Mississippi River Valley to the Gulf of Mexico, showing the French explorations and settlements with dates given from between the establishment of Montreal by Champlain in 1611 to the establishment of St. Louis by Pierre Lacl&eagrave;de in 1764. The map shows the routes of exploration of Marquette and Joliet (1673), La Salle to Fort Crevecoeur and return (1679), La Salle from Fort St. Louis to the Gulf (1682), and Father Louis Hennepin (1680).