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- NAME: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
- OCCUPATION: Explorer
- BIRTH DATE: November 22, 1643
- DEATH DATE: March 19, 1687
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Rouen, Normandy, France
- PLACE OF DEATH: Texas
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was a French explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Mississippi River, claiming the region for France.
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Born in Rouen, France, on November 22, 1643, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was an explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, claiming the region watered by the Mississippi and its tributaries for France, and naming it Louisiana after King Louis XIV. His last expedition was to invade and conquer part of the Spanish province of Mexico, which failed and cost La Salle his life.
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