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LaSalle
La Salle
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (1643-1687), French explorer in
North America, who navigated the length of the Mississippi River and claimed
the Louisiana region for France.
La Salle was born on November 22, 1643, in Rouen, France, and educated
by the Jesuits. In 1666 he immigrated to Canada, was granted land on the
St. Lawrence River, and became a trader. From 1669 to 1670 he explored
the region south of Lakes Ontario and
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