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Who was the french explorer who explorered the entire Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico?
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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.
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An explorer from which of these countries claimed the entire Mississippi Valley in the New World?
France
Explored the entire Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico?
Robert La Salle :)
The entire mississppi valley was claimed by the country of?
Sieur de La Salle, who was a French explorer, claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France. This happened in 1682.
Who explored the entire Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico?
Robert La Salle was the first man to attempt and complete the journey to the gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi.
Who is the first European to sail the Mississippi?
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542), French priest Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), and French explorer René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687) all explored the Mississippi River area.The first was Hernando de Soto.The next one was more than 100 years later.
Why was it important that America gained control of the entire Mississippi River with the Louisiana purchase?
Think of the Mississippi as a highway and it can be used to ship goods and people. As well as have access to the Gulf of Mexico. This is vital for trade.
What were La Salle accomplishments?
He traveled down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for King Louis XVI.He named this region Louisiana in honor of the French King.
Why was Rene Robert cavelier important?
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle (November 21, 1643 - March 19, 1687) was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.
Where does Mississippi River start and end?
The Mississippi River starts in Lake Itasca, located in northern Minnesota. It flows almost the entire length of the United States, from north to south, until it empties into the Gulf of Mexico at its delta, southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Where was the Mississippi river discovered?
The first European to explore the Mississippi was Hernando De Soto who crossed it on his final expedition in 1541. The upper regions were explored by the 1673 travels of Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, and the entire Mississippi valley was claimed as La Louisiane following the 1682 voyage of La Salle (Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle).
Where did the word Louisiana come from?
Louisiana was named by French explorer la Salle for Louis XIV of France. The name originally applied to the entire Mississippi basin. Please see the related link below.
Where in this entire US is Mississippi?
The Southeast region.
