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Robert de La Salle

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Robert de La Salle

1643-1687

Personal Background

  • Nobelman
  • From France
  • Born November 21 1643
  • Died March 19 1687
  • Murderd at age 45 in Texas

Sponsor

  • He had over 200 man
  • King Lewis the 14th 
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Reasons for Exploration

  • To have a french trading post 
  • To be rich 
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Dates of Exploration

  • 1666 - 1688
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Rout of Exploration

  • Found the Mississippi
  • Went from  Illinois, to Missouri, to Kansas, to Lousiana, to the Gulf of 
  • Mexico

Impact

  • The Mississippi river
  • Found Louisiana and Texas 
  • He clamied the Mississippi in 1682 
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