robert de la salle explored the entire length of the Mississippi river and he planted a french flag at the mouth of the river claiming everything west of the mississippi river for france and he named the vast area Louisiana after the french monarch king Louis XIV
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Meriweather Lewis and William Clark led the expedition that explored the Louisiana Territory for the US government.
Zebulon Pike, explorer of the south and southwest Louisiana Territory
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Jefferson acquired The Louisiana Territory.
It is not known who mapped the Louisiana territory. The Louisiana territory was established in 1805 and became the state of Louisiana in 1812.
Louisiana territory was purchased in 1803
Louisiana was named after Louis XVI, King of France from 1643-1715. When Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi Rivive for France, he named it La Louisiane, meaning "Land of Louis".
The Louisiana Territory was purchased in 1803.
we bought the louisiana territory in 1803