la salle

Summary and notes

• Explored:
• Mississippi River
• Gulf of Mexico
• Ohio 
• Louisiana

La salle

de la salle on a seal

a postage stamp featuring la salle

la salle in a book of great explorers

Griffon, La Salle's ship

timeline

• born in 1643
• explored Ohio 1669 
• met Count de Frontenac in 1672
• visited King Louis XIV in 1675

Timeline

• April 9, 1682- claimed Louisiana
• March 19, 1687- was killed by mutineers
• 1995- La Belle (La Salle's ship) was found in Texas 
• La Belle was over 310 years old

"would lief permit no other man the honour of finding the way to the South Sea and thence to China"
-La Salle before becoming an explorer

sources

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/326519/Rene-Robert-Cavelier-sieur...
• http://www.lsjunction.com/people/lasalle.htm
• http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/la-salle-robert-cavelier-sieu...
• http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/lasalle.shtml