Eileen Saling, who grew up in New Orleans and Houston, knew from an early age that she could count a French explorer among her ancestors. Yet it has taken decades to make the case that Louis ...

This was the French explorers’ first foray into Cobra Cave. They had just scaled 65 feet of limestone cliff, ascending from the forest floor to the cave’s entrance with their unlikely ...

The legendary French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec early in the 17th century, and the ramparts, gates, and other fortifications that subsequently surrounded the city serve as a rock ...