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which famous french explorers sailed down the mississippi river claiming it for france
The first European to travel down the Mississippi River. He was born in 1643 and died in 1687. He sailed for France.
Marquette and Juliette
La Salle
Robert La Salle explored the Mississippi River in North America. He was the first European to sail down Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. France
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
luis and clark sailed down the mississippi river down of the gulf of mexico and discovered it
Hernando de SotoDe La Salle found the Mississippi river firstLouis Joliet explored the northern Mississippi
Hernando De Soto was the first known European Explorer in Mississippi. Sieur de La Salle a French explorer was the first to travel down the Mississippi River in 1682. La Salle claimed the Mississippi Valley for France on April 9, 1682.
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
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.
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet mainly sailed down the Missipi River, starting in Lake Michigan and continuing until they reached Arkansas. On their trip back to Canada, they sailed the Illinois River.