Robert+LaSalle+by+Katlyn

Robert LaSalle by Katlyn


 * He claimed for France all of the Mississippi River Valley and called it Louisianaia.
 * His goal was travel to the mouth of the Mississippi River by canoe. He did it.


 * He was born in 1643 and died in 1687.
 * He was born in Rouen,France.
 * He left for the Mississippi River in winter of 1681.
 * He began rowing the Mississippi in February of 1682.
 * He reached the Gulf of Mexico in April.
 * When he got there the soldiers fired and said " Long live the king".