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The year 1673
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Spanish explorers were the first to explore of that area.
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The first European explorer to visit the Mississippi River was Hernando de Soto. He was exploring for Spain in 1541 when his crew became the first Europeans to have a written account of the Mississippi River. However, he died of an illness about a year later during the same expedition.
Hernado De Soto was the first Europen to explore Mississippi. Hernadl explored from 1540 - 1541.
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Hernando DeSoto
Hernando De Soto
In 1672 Father Jaques Marquette and Louis Joillet (Joliet) were named as leaders of an expedition to explore the Northern part of the great Mississippi River. In the following year 1673 they set off. All of their findings were mapped and documented by the two.
He sailed for Spain and was in the southeastern US. He was the first European to see the Mississippi River.