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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT, explorer, founder of Lachine, seigneur of Cataracoui, discoverer of the mouths of the Mississippi; b. 21 Nov. 1643 at Rouen (Normandy), son of Jean Cavelier, a wholesale haberdasher, and of Catherine Geest; assassinated 19 March 1687 in Texas.
Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, French explorer who claimed the basin of the Mississippi River and its tributaries for Louis XIV of France, naming the region ‘Louisiana.’ In 1687, while on an expedition seeking the mouth of the Mississippi River, he was murdered by his men.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was born at Rouen, in Normandy, on the twenty-first of November, 1643. He belonged to a wealthy middle-class family. At the age of fifteen, he was enrolled in the Jesuit noviciate of Rouen, and he took his vows in 1660.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, contribue également au développement du commerce des fourrures en Amérique du Nord. Il renforce l'industrie dans la région des Grands Lacs grâce à une entreprise de construction navale près de la rivière Niagara qui donne naissance notamment au Griffon.
Jan 7, 2008 · René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, would-be Jesuit, fur trader, explorer, intriguer, discoverer of the Mississippi delta (b at Rouen, France 21 Nov 1643; assassinated 19 Mar 1687 in Texas). In 1658 La Salle began his novitiate in the Society of Jesus.
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René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle est né à Rouen, province de Normandie, le 21 novembre 1643 [1], [2] et mort assassiné le 19 mars 1687 près de Navasota, au sud-ouest de la colonie française de Louisiane, dans l’actuel État américain du Texas.
