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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

1643 - 1687

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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (; 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. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico; there, on 9 April 1682, he claimed the Mississippi River basin for France after giving it the name La Louisiane. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle has received more than 1,303,798 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is the 130th most popular explorer (down from 114th in 2019), the 1,650th most popular biography from France (down from 1,422nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 130 out of 405Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Himilco, João Vaz Corte-Real, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. After him are Jean Chardin, António de Abreu, Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, and Frederick de Houtman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1643, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 11Before him are Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Alessandro Stradella, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Johann Adam Reincken, and Bahadur Shah I. After him are Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Vasily Golitsyn. Among people deceased in 1687, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 4Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully, William Petty, and Johannes Hevelius. After him are Constantijn Huygens, Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.

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In France

Among people born in France, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 1,650 out of 6,011Before him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Carausius (300), Maurice Papon (1910), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806). After him are Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Jean Rouch (1917), and Jean Chardin (1643).

Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 11Before him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), and Jean de Béthencourt (1362). After him are Jean Chardin (1643), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724).