Research Catalog

Title

Le Griffon and the Huron islands : 1679 / Steve and Kathie Libert ; illustrations and analysis by shipwreck interpreter Allen Pertner.

Author

Libert, Steve

Publication

• Traverse City, MI : Mission Point Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Libert, Kathie
• Pertner, Allen

Description

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color); 26 cm

Summary

"In 1679, the French ship Le Griffon mysteriously vanished. Was it lost in a violent storm or robbed of its valuable cargo of furs and set ablaze? No one knows, but historians are quite certain the ship found its final resting place on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Now after centuries of mystery and misinformation, Steve and Kathie Libert reveal that Le Griffon likely met her final fate among the Huron Islands in Lake Michigan, northeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Their research placed her final moments near these islands, precisely where the Liberts discovered a colonial-age shipwreck. Could this be La Salle’s Le Griffon? Le Griffon’s disappearance became an unsolved mystery for French explorer Robert La Salle, who searched for her whereabouts to no avail. Ironically, if the ship—cursed by local Indian tribes—proves to be Le Griffon, she lays under tribal waters, adding to the mystique of her story. Using primary source documents, the Liberts detail their historical journey of exploration and discovery in solving the first Great Lakes maritime mystery. Many history enthusiasts have patiently waited for this mythical creature to magically raise her eagle head and lioness body from the depths to continue on with her voyage. After nearly 340 years of unanswered questions and more than a dozen unsubstantiated claims of her discovery, Le Griffon can begin to ply the waters — at least in our imaginations." -- page [4] of cover.

Alternative Title

• Le Griffon and the Huron islands
• Our story of exploration & discovery : Robert La Salle's
• Robert La Salle's Le Griffon and the Huron Islands

Subject

• La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
• La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
• Griffon (Ship) > History
• Griffon (Ship)
• Shipwrecks > Great Lakes (North America)
• Islands > Michigan, Lake
• Naufrages > Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord)
• Îles > Michigan, Lac
• Discoveries in geography
• Michigan, Lake > Discovery and exploration
• Great Lakes (North America) > Discovery and exploration
• Michigan, Lac > Découverte et exploration
• Grands Lacs (Amérique du Nord) > Découverte et exploration
• Great Lakes
• Lake Huron

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• History.
• Illustrated works.
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Note

• "La Salle's elusive flagship Le Griffon, the clues that led to the location of its demise"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160).

Contents

Introduction : our story of exploration and discovery -- La Salle, the grand expedition -- 2013 expedition - site 20UM723, the Bowsprit -- The Huron islands - discovery through maps -- In search of le Griffon among the Huron Islands (8-CLUES) -- Liberts' navigational path in search for Le Griffon (SEQUENCES) -- Ships that disappeared among the Huron Islands -- Three identifiers in search for Le Griffon -- Our story of discovery -- Analysis - shipwreck interpreter Allen Pertner.

ISBN

• 9781954786196
• 1954786190
• 9781954786202
• 1954786204

LCCN

2021906839

OCLC

• on1257555401
• SCSB-14649755

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library