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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (/ l ə ˈ s æ l /; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
Le Griffon (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁifɔ̃], The Griffin) was a sailing vessel built by French explorer and fur trader René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in the Niagara area of New York in 1679.
La Belle was one of Robert de La Salle's four ships when he explored the Gulf of Mexico with the ill-fated mission of starting a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1685. La Belle was wrecked in present-day Matagorda Bay the following year, dooming La Salle's Texas colony to failure.
Robert Cavelier de La Salle's expedition to Louisiana in 1684, painted in 1844 by Théodore Gudin. La Belle is on the left, Le Joly in the center and L'Aimable stranded on the right. Against Beaujeu's advice, La Salle ordered La Belle and L'Aimable "to negotiate the narrow and shallow pass" to bring supplies closer to camp. [21]
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A statue of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (sometimes called Robert Cavelier de LaSalle Monument) is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The work by Count Jacques de la Laing was completed in 1889 and relocated in 1990.
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