efforts were not recognized. He sailed to England in 1769, seeking recompense, and remained there for the rest of his life. In 1778 he published a book on his travels, which became very successful. He died in 1780. Following his death, some of his heirs claimed that he had obtained a land grant from two Sioux chiefs for a large area of eastern Wisconsin during his expedition. But the grant was legally invalid and may have been a fraud mounted posthumously. Legacy and honors Carver, Minnesota, Carver County, Minnesota, and Jonathan Association in Chaska, Minnesota, were named in honor of Jonathan Carver for his exploration and mapping of the region. Travels and exploration Carver left Fort Michilimackinac at present-day Mackinaw City, Michigan, in the spring of 1766. Taking large fur-trading canoes, he traveled the well-used trade routes of the French. His route took him along the northern coast of Lake Michigan, cut across to the Door Peninsula (what is now Door County) in Wisconsin and proceeded along the western edge of the bay until reaching what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin. Carver recorded visiting a small Métis settlement at the foot of Green Bay (Lake Michigan), as well as a French monastery nearby in Des Peres, Wisconsin. Carver resupplied here and continued his journey. He traveled up the Fox River to the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) village at the north end of Lake Winnebago, where the present city of Neenah, Wisconsin, has developed. Continuing up the Fox River he eventually arrived at the "Grand Portage", a well-used portage between the Fox and the Wisconsin rivers. This was a major fur trading site. From here (now Portage, Wisconsin), furs could be shipped from the Great Lakes to the Wisconsin River, and then south along the Mississippi to the major port of New Orleans on the Gulf Coast. Carver crossed to the Wisconsin River and then traveled down the Mississippi, emerging at the great trade encampment at Prairie du Chien. Rather than turn south toward New Orleans, his expedition turned north into what is now Minnesota. By the late summer he had reached the Saint Anthony Falls at what is now Minneapolis. He spent some time with the tribe near the falls but turned south, down the Mississippi, to find a more suitable place to spend the winter. During this portion of the trip he discovered what is now called Carver's Cave. He spent