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This Frenchman, the 1st European to journey down the Mississippi to its mouth, was killed by his own men in what's now Texas |
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2017-09-18 |
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In 1682 this Frenchman claimed the entire region drained by the Mississippi River for France & named it Louisiana |
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2003-02-06 |
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In 1682 he claimed, not just part, but the entire Mississippi valley for France |
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2001-06-21 |
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Father Hennepin, chaplain to this French explorer, was the first to publish an account of seeing Niagara Falls |
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2001-04-11 |
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Rene-Robert Cavelier, who sailed down the Mississippi to its mouth, took this title, after his family manor |
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1994-03-18 |
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Louis Hennepin's claim to have traveled down the Mississippi before this explorer was soon discredited |
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1993-01-25 |
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In 1682 he reached the mouth of the Mississippi & claimed the region for France |
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1991-05-24 |
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After claiming the Mississippi Valley for France, he named the region Louisiana |
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1990-12-20 |
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