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René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle: Quick Facts

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Born November 22, 1643 • Rouen • France
Died March 19, 1687 (aged 43) • near Brazos River • United States
Founder Louisiana

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René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
La Salle's explorations in America
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
Map tracing the North American explorations of La Salle along the Mississippi River and surrounding waterways from the late 1600s. The map uses colored lines to indicate La Salle's routes from 1679-80, 1682, and 1684-87, as well as the 1680 Hennepin exploration. Key forts established during these expeditions are marked, with notable locations including Fort Frontenac in Canada, the Great Lakes, the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, and Matagorda Bay in Texas where La Salle was killed.
Map of the present-day United States showing the routes taken by early European explorers, each route marked in a different color and labeled in the legend. Major expeditions include those of De Soto, Coronado, Jolliet and Marquette, La Salle, Escalante and Dominguez, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Smith, and Walker, with paths traversing regions from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts through the Midwest to California and the Pacific Northwest. Modern state and international boundaries are also shown for ref
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