simens clienfelt
its great* lakes
yes, he was a french explorer. he founded the great lakes i think....
Jim Bridger
Jean Nicollet was a French explorer, and he was the first European to go through the Great Lakes and discover what is now called Wisconsin. He discovered Wisconsin in 1954.
La Salle
National Geographic Explorer - 1985 Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes - 25.12 was released on: USA: 10 May 2011
National Geographic Explorer - 1985 Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes 25-12 was released on: USA: 10 May 2011
The great lakes were discovered around the same time but not all at the same time. They cover a vast area of many hundreds of miles. As explorers traveled west in search of new land they came upon the lakes and made note of them.
Rene-Robert de LA Salle.
Henry Hudson. He thought that it was the northern passage to the Pacific Ocean that he had been ordered to explore. Local Indian tribes had told them that there was an ocean on the other side of the Bay, but it turned out that they had mistaken the Great Lakes for the ocean.
The Great Lakes
Jean Nicollet was the first European who travel through the Great Lakes area. he was a French explorer who visited the Lake Michigan that possibly reached the Mississippi River.