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Which explorer was shipwrecked on matagora island while looking for the mouth of the Mississippi river?
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∙ 11y ago
That would have been an ancient Native American, and as we have no recorded history for these people, we do not know who the first person was.
However, the discovery is credited to Hernando Desoto on May 8th, 1541.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 7y agoRené-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the French explorer that was killed while exploring the mouth of the Mississippi.
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∙ 11y agohernando cortes
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∙ 6y agoSieur de La Salle
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