René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle Summary

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle 1643-1687 French explorer who was the first European to follow the Mississippi south to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle left France for New France (Canada) in... Read more

René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle Born 1643, Rouen, France Died March 19, 1687, Navosta, Texas René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle was born into a well-tod-o family in Rouen, the capital o... Read more