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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle ( November 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687 ) was a French explorer.
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* 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.
* 1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
In 1682 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle went down the Mississippi from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by here the Mississippi River for France, he named it, meaning " Land of Louis ".
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle led an expedition to the Ohio River in 1669.
In 1669 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, led an expedition of French traders who became the first Europeans to see the river.
* March 19 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer ( b. 1643 )
* February 20 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, intending to establish a colony near the mouth of the Mississippi River, lands with 200 surviving colonists at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast, believing the Mississippi near ( Texas Handbook ).
* November 22 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer ( d. 1687 )
They did not yet know it was the river explored and claimed for France by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1683.
* July 24 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle sails from France, again, with a large expedition designed to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
* April 7 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, exploring rivers in America, reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River.
" He told Washington that France's claim to the region was superior to that of the British, since René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle had explored the Ohio Country nearly a century earlier.
European exploration came later, beginning in the 16th century with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
* René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ( 1643 – 1687 ), cleric and explorer
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, passed just southeast of the present city in late March 1680.
* René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the explorer best known as " La Salle "
In 1680, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle built the first fort in Illinois, Ft. St. Louis, at Starved Rock.
* 1685 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis.
La Salle County is named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th-century French explorer.
* 1685-1690 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle lands near Powderhorn Lake in Calhoun County.
In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle claimed the territory west of the Mississippi River for France, which included present-day Sullivan County.
It is named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle landed there in 1682.
The western half where the Town of Olla is situated became La Salle Parish, named for French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
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French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle built Fort Miami on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan.
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Around the same time, François de la Noue is also reported to have had an iron hand, as is, in the 1600s century, René-Robert Cavalier de la Salle.
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René-Robert Cavelier was born on November 21, 1643, in Rouen, France.
On 18 November 1678 René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle departed Fort Frontenac for Niagara in a brigantine with a crew including La Motte and the Récollet missionary Louis Hennepin, following the north shore of Lake Ontario to mitigate the effects of a storm.
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* René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ( 1643 – 1687 ), French explorer of North America
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* French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was killed in Navasota in 1687
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In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the first European to travel from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
The first European base was established in 1682, when René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle established a French colony, Fort Saint Louis, near Matagorda Bay.
The first European to visit the area was the French explorer, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1669.
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Catholic priest and missionary Father Louis Hennepin accompanied fellow French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on the ship Le Griffon in exploring the Great Lakes in 1679.
An Ontario Heritage Trust plaque describes René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle at Cataracoui as " major figure in the expansion of the French fur trade into the Lake Ontario region, Using the fort as a base, he undertook expeditions to the west and southwest in the interest of developing a vast fur-trading empire.
The globes depicted the latest information of French explorations in North America, particularly the expeditions of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
The two were linked by similarly themed names, both being named for French explorers — Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, respectively.
French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle built Fort St. Louis on a large butte by the Illinois River in the winter of 1682.
Portrait of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, who built the first French settlement in northern Illinois
French explorers led by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle built Fort St. Louis on a large butte by the river in the winter of 1682.
The name comes from the Spanish adaptation of the French vache or cow, given to the area by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle for the sightings of Plains Bison, which were once common near the bay and the creeks that feed it.
In 1685, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle established the colony of Fort St. Louis along the bay's shore after missing the entrance to the Mississippi River.
In April 1682, French nobleman René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle had claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle founded the French colony in Texas.
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