La Salle
ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE, a French explorer; born in tenant in the navy before the Revolution, but then fled from France to England.
After Napoleon became consul, Las Casés established himself as a bookseller in Paris. A work, "Historical Atlas" (1803-1804), attracted the attention of the emperor, who made him a baron, and ASER . 22, 1643. Settling e of 23, he began his empt to reach China Ohio river, which he into the Pacific.
As that the great S. to the Gulf of Mexico ect of descending the his long voyage was erms of France set up great river on April a later an expedition on the Gulf, which ance's claims to the But La Salle's bad am; he mistook Matamouth of the Missre, and then spent two sful journeys to ually dwindled away. nanner, more than his mbittered his followers, nated by some of them