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They claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
They claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
1716 as Fort Rosalie, and remains a significant city. Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle he did not find Mississippi, traveled to the mouth of the Mississippi river and claimed for France.
They claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France
La Salle claimed the mississippi river valley for france
claimed entire Mississippi river basin for France
The Mississippi river!
The French claimed it. Explorer Jacques Cartier discovered, named and claimed the St. Lawrence River for France.
The explorers were from France, from the French settlements around the Great Lakes in Canada (Quebec).The most prominent were Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, who in 1673 travelled down the Mississippi as far as Arkansas. The Spanish had been exploring the southern part of the river since Hernando De Soto crossed it in 1541.It was in 1682 that French explorer LaSalle ( René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle) claimed the Mississippi Valley, La Louisiane, for France.
under French rule until 1803, when all the French territory west of the Mississippi River was purchased by the United States.i.e. it was first claimed by France .
which famous french explorers sailed down the mississippi river claiming it for france
claimed entire mississippi river basin for france