Discovery of the Great West
France and England in North America, part third
Découverte et exploration françaises
Exploring expeditions
Découverte et exploration
America, discovery and exploration
Discoveries in geography
French
Explorers
Discovery and exploration
Canada
Biography
History
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) was a French explorer in the Great Lakes region who traveled the Mississippi River, claiming the territory for France. Born and raised in France and educated in the Jesuit religious order, he went to Montreal in New France in 1666. On one of his ex…
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