René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
(1643-1687)
17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico; there, on 9 April 1682, he claimed the Mississippi River basin for France after giving it the name La Louisiane. One source states that "he acquired for France the most fertile half of the North American continent".
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22 November 1643 Rouen, France
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19 March 1687 (aged 43) Navasota, Texas
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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