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Jun 12, 2024 · René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, sailed from Rochefort, France, on August 1, 1684, to seek the mouth of the Mississippi River by sea. This new voyage of four ships and more than 300 people at the start was a follow-up to La Salle's 1682 exploration of the Mississippi from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico.
Jun 12, 2024 · The identity of the first settler at Fort Prudhomme is often attributed to Henri de Tonti, an associate of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. La Salle’s voyage along the Mississippi River in 1682 included an encounter that led to the fort’s establishment.
Jun 28, 2024 · First volume of biographical accounts related to the explorations of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in North America including memoirs, accounts, and narratives of his discovery and exploration down the Mississippi River.
Jun 21, 2024 · The first French settlement in Texas at Matagorda Bay was established by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in 1685. However, the settlement did not survive for long. Here are the answers to some specific questions about the French settlement:
3 days ago · Nine years later the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur (lord) de La Salle, reached the delta itself, having opened the even-easier portage from the Great Lakes via the Illinois River. He grasped at once the strategic significance of the huge drainage system and promptly claimed the entire Mississippi basin for France .
Jun 20, 2024 · In 1682, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, arrived in Arkansas and claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France, naming the territory Louisiana in honor of France’s King Louis XIV and inaugurating Arkansas’s French colonial period.
1 day ago · René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is said to have been the first European to see the Ohio, in 1669, and he descended it until obstructed by a waterfall (presumably the Falls at Louisville).
