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5 days ago · French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the first European to travel the entirety of the Mississippi River, achieving the feat in 1682. He was also the creator of the name Louisiana for the vast territory that later became part of the U.S.
5 days ago · It is not surprising that seven flags have flown over its territories since 1682, when the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur (lord) de La Salle, placed a wooden cross in the ground and claimed the territory in the name of France’s Louis XIV.
3 days ago · On this day in 1687, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, who inadvertently established a colony in Texas, was killed in a mutiny in present-day Texas during a troubled expedition. The ocean has sent Mr. La Salle, a storm called Beryl, sharks, and so much more to the Texas coast. We hope it sends you some joy this beach ...
5 days ago · Near present-day Peoria, René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, established the first French foothold, Fort Crèvecoeur, and built Fort Saint Louis near Ottawa. In the 1760s, after the French and Indian War, France ceded to Britain its claim to lands east of the Mississippi.
1 day ago · In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, followed the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the vast Mississippi basin in Louis' name, calling it Louisiane. French trading posts were also established in India, at Chandernagore and Pondicherry, and in the Indian Ocean at Île Bourbon. Throughout these regions, Louis and Colbert ...
2 days ago · Peoria is the oldest European settlement in Illinois, as explorers first ventured up the Illinois River from the Mississippi. The lands that eventually would become Peoria were first settled by Europeans in 1680, when French explorers René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti constructed Fort Crevecoeur.
Jun 24, 2024 · The following is a list of explorers. Their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries when they were active and main areas of exploration are listed below. Marco Polo (1254–1324) was an Italian explorer who traveled to the Far East and back to his hometown Venice in the matter of 24 years.
