Yes each held legitimate claims at different times.
Yes.
The Mississippi River in North America.
The area between the Missouri river and the Mississippi
the mississippi river
yes it did claim Mississippi river
The Mississippi River was first discovered and explored by Hernando DeSoto, who was a Spanish explorer.
they gained all french land east of the Mississippi river
The Mississippi River's upper reaches were sighted by French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1673. They traveled downriver by canoe to a point near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
The Mississippi river is called 'le fleuve Mississippi' in French. Fleuve (masc.) is the French name for a river that empties directly into a sea or ocean.
The French wanted to see if there was a river route to the Pacific. The French also obtained New Orleans from the Spanish and it was a very profitable trade route.
Rio mississippi
the helped claim the Mississippi river for France