René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle 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 and claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
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Date of Birth
November 21st, 1643
Age
382
Birth Place
France, Normandy
Date of Death
March 19th, 1687
Died Aged
43
Star Sign
Scorpio
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