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Illustration Credits Page 10. La Salle Petitions the King for Permission to Explore the Mississippi. From “The Great La Salle” by Henry Loomis Nelson, published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine, February 1905. Oil on canvas by Howard Pyle. Courtesy Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library. Page 16. Vue du Port de La Rochelle, prise de la petite Rive (View of the Port of La Rochelle, taken from the small bank). Oil on canvas by Claude Joseph Vernet, ca. 1762.© Musée national de la Marine/A. Fux. Page 36. Modern illustration of Karankawa. Illustration by Charles Shaw. Courtesy Texas Historical Commission. Page 48. Modern illustration of La Salle leaving Fort St. Louis. Illustration by Charles Shaw. Courtesy Texas Historical Commission. Page 92. Excavating La Belle, ca. 1996. Photograph by Robert Clark. Courtesy Robert Clark and Texas Historical Commission. Acknowledgments M any individuals have helped in the preparation of this catalog. David Denney and Joan Marshall offered me the opportunity to compile the exhibit catalog and have been a constant source of encouragement. Toni Turner, my wife and co-author of one of the catalog essays, offered advice on all phases of the catalog development and edited the text multiple times. Kathryn Siefker edited numerous drafts and suggested many modifications that have made the catalog better. Additional editing was undertaken by Amy Borgens, David Denney, Brad Jones, Pat Mercado-Allinger, Corinne Pignon, Miranda Smith, and Hélène Tromparent de Seynes. Glenn Grieco helped immensely with understanding the rigging artifacts recovered from the ship. To all of these people, I offer my sincerest thanks. The information about the artifacts has come from studiesconductedbymanyresearchers .Muchoftheinformation is reported in James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner, From A Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2005). Additional information is from La Belle: The Archeology of a 17th Century Ship of New World Colonization , edited by James E. Bruseth, Amy Borgens, Bradford Jones, and Eric Ray (anticipated publication date is 2016). To the research team, I give my utmost appreciation for a job well done! James E. Bruseth May 2014 112 ...

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