Pierre Le Moyne explored the Mississippi river at July 9, 1708
that was Marquette and Joliet.
Pierre Le Moyne explored the Mississippi river at July 9, 1708
that was Marquette and Joliet.
Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
Pierre Le Moyne explored the Mississippi river at July 9, 1708that was Marquette and Joliet.
The Mississippi River's upper reaches were sighted by French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1673. They traveled downriver by canoe to a point near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
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French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was the first to explore the length of the Mississippi River. He named the basin Louisiana and claimed it on April 9, 1682 for France.
The Mississippi River's upper reaches were sighted by French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1673. They traveled downriver by canoe to a point near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
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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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