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What was Robert la Salle's time line?
1643-born 1669-1673-searched for the northwest passage but never found it. 1674-returned to France and got permission from King Louis XIV to explore the land of the Mississippi river through the gulf of Mexico. 1682-started the journey from the Mississippi river through the gulf of Mexico and reached on April 9th. 1682- Claimed all the land from the Appalachian mountains to the rocky mountains and all the way from the great lakes to the gulf of Mexico for France. which was alot of land area
Who was the french explorer who claimed the Mississippi valley for France?
The Mississippi River valley was claimed for France in 1682 by La Salle (René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, 1643-1687). He left Canada in 1681 and reached the Gulf of Mexico in April, 1682.
What ocean borders Texas?
The Gulf of Mexico is an extension of the Atlantic ocean which can be reached via the Florida Straits and by way of the Caribbean Sea.
What large body of water lies southeast of Texas?
The Gulf of Mexico touches Texas and Florida.
Which is larger the Gulf Of Mexico or the Gulf Of Maine?
Gulf of Mexico
Who was the frenchman who explored the lower Mississippi valley?
In 1682. the French explorer La Salle (René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle) continued the expeditions of Marquette and Joliet, when he and Henri di Tonti reached the mouth of the Mississippi at the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the Mississippi Valley for France as La Louisiane (Louisiana).He died in 1687 in Texas, where he had established a colony after failing to locate the Mississippi delta in the sprawling Gulf of Mexico.
What is The area of Texas that borders the gulf of Mexico?
The Gulf of Mexico.
What is larger gulf of California or gulf of Mexico?
The Gulf of Mexico is almost 10 times larger, stretching from Texas to Florida and south to Yucatan and Cuba. Numerically, the Gulf of Mexico is about 600,000 square miles in area, the Gulf of California only about 62,000 square miles.
What body of water is between Florida and Texas?
what does it mean is the point of putting the answer
What region was called Louisiana in the 1600's?
It reached from the Appalachians in the east to the Rockies in the west, and from the Great Lakes in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
What explorer is known for travelling from the Great Lakes down the Mississipppi River to the Gulf of Mexico?
The explorer was René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, known as Lasalle, who in 1682 canoed down the Mississsippi from the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico, and claimed the valley for France as La Louisiane (for Louis XIV).
Who was the french explorer who explorered the entire Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico?
Robert La Salle was the person who explored the entire Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He was sent to explore this region of North America by King Louis XIV. In 1682, La Salle named the Mississippi Basin Louisiana and claimed it for his country France.
