René-Robert

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René-Robert is the given name of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the French explorer known for his expeditions in North America and claiming the Mississippi River basin for France.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French explorer
explorer
human
associatedWith French colonization of North America
New France NERFINISHED
attemptedToEstablish French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River
basedIn New France NERFINISHED
Ville-Marie (Montreal) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath assassination
claimedFor France NERFINISHED
claimedTerritory Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED
constructed Fort Frontenac NERFINISHED
Fort Saint Louis in Texas NERFINISHED
Fort Saint Louis on the Illinois River NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1643-11-22
dateOfDeath 1687-03-19
education Jesuit education
era 17th century
Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery
expedition 1684 expedition to establish a colony on the Gulf of Mexico
exploredRegion Great Lakes of North America NERFINISHED
Gulf of Mexico coast NERFINISHED
Illinois Country NERFINISHED
Mississippi River NERFINISHED
givenName René-Robert NERFINISHED
knownFor claiming the Mississippi River basin for France
expeditions down the Mississippi River
expeditions on the Great Lakes region
exploration of North America
languageSpoken French
leftOrganization Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
memberOf French nobility
named Louisiana NERFINISHED
namedAfter King Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Sieur
notableWork expedition from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico (1682)
occupation colonizer
explorer
fur trader
placeOfBirth France
Normandy NERFINISHED
Rouen NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath near present-day Navasota, Texas
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
servedMonarch Louis XIV of France NERFINISHED
title Sieur de La Salle NERFINISHED

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