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The Mississippi river.
french explorer La Salle discovered the Ohio River around 1682, this explorer also explored the Mississippi River but did not discover it.
Pike Zebulon brought to conclusions that the source of the Mississippi River was the Lake of Itasca.
The Mississippi River was first discovered and explored by Hernando DeSoto, who was a Spanish explorer.
He was a explorer that discovered the Mississippi river while he was sailing in search of gold
Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca as the river's source in 1832
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto "discovered" the river on May 8th 1541 - he named it Río del Espíritu Santo ("River of the Holy Spirt").
The Spanish Explorer Hernando de Soto is given credit with discovering the Mississippi River. He discovered the river on May 8, 1541.
Robert LaSalle was a French explorer who is known for exploring the Mississippi River and claiming the region it drained for France. He also discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River and named the region Louisiana in honor of King Louis XIV of France.
explored Mississippi river and was an explorer
The first European to explore the Mississippi was Hernando De Soto who crossed it on his final expedition in 1541. The upper regions were explored by the 1673 travels of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, and the entire Mississippi valley was claimed as La Louisiane following the 1682 voyage of La Salle (Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle).
it was the french explorer Jacques Cartier, On April 20th, 1534.