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  2. French colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    Holbrook, Sabra (1976), The French Founders of North America and Their Heritage, New York: Atheneum, ISBN 978-0-689-30490-3; Katz, Ron. French America: French Architecture from Colonialization to the Birth of a Nation. Editions Didier Millet, 2004. McDermott, John Francis. The French in the Mississippi Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1965)

  3. René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of French explorers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of French people known as explorers. Before 1500. Jean de ... (North America) Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (Indian Ocean, Pacific ...

  5. Exploration of North America - Wikipedia

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    The exploration of North America by European sailors and geographers was an effort by major European powers to map and explore the continent with the goal of economic, religious and military expansion. The combative and rapid nature of this exploration is the result of a series of countering actions by neighboring European nations to ensure no ...

  6. Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe [1] [2] (4 February 1683 in Saint-Malo – 26 September 1765) was a French explorer who is credited with using the name "Little Rock" in 1722 for a stone outcropping on the bank of the Arkansas River used by early travelers as a landmark. Little Rock, Arkansas was subsequently named for the landmark.

  7. Pierre-Charles Le Sueur - Wikipedia

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    Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁl lə sɥœʁ]; c. 1657, Artois, France – 17 July 1704, Havana, Cuba) was a French fur trader and explorer in North America, recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River valley.

  8. Category:French explorers of North America - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "French explorers of North America" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. New Voyages to North America - Wikipedia

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    New Voyages to North America is a book by Louis Armand de Lom d’Arce, baron de Lahontan that chronicles his nine years exploring New France as an officer in the French Army. Published in two volumes in 1703 as Nouveaux Voyages de M. le Baron de Lahontan dans l’Amérique Septentrionale , it was translated into English the same year.