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la Salle, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de

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la Salle, René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (1643-1687)

French explorer. He made an epic voyage through North America, exploring the Mississippi River down to its mouth, and in 1682 founded Louisiana. When he returned with colonists, he failed to find the river mouth again, and was eventually murdered by his mutinous men.



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