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3: Robert La Salle
Robert de La Salle (1643-1687) was a French explorer.
He was sent by King Louis XIV (14) to travel south from Canada and sail down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. He was the first European to travel the length of the Mississippi River (1682). His mission was to explore and establish fur-trade routes along the river. La Salle named the entire Mississippi basin Louisiana, in honor of the King, and claimed it for France on April 9, 1682. He also explored Lake Michigan (1679), Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. He tried to start a settlement in the southern Mississippi River Valley, but the venture ended in disaster.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml
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4: Hernando De Soto
Hernando De Soto (1500-1542) was a Spanish explorer.
He sailed the Atlantic Ocean and was the first European to explore Florida and the southeastern US.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml
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5: John Smith
John Smith (1580-1631) was an English adventurer and soldier.
John Smith was one of the founders and leaders of the Jamestown, Virginia, settlement. Smith also led expeditions exploring Chesapeake Bay and the New England coast. Smith was one of 105 settlers who sailed from England on December 19, 1606, and landed in Virginia on April 26, 1607.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml
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6: Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown, located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony, was founded on May 14, 1607.
It is commonly regarded as the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts. It was founded by the Virginia Company, headquartered in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_Colony
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7: Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) and William Clark (1770-1838) set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West.
President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition to explore the newly-bought Louisiana Territory. Lewis and Clark were accompanied by a crew of men, and later, the Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter Sacagawea and her infant son. Lewis and Clark travelled by river and by land from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Oregon coast (Fort Clatsop), and back again. Their journey took 2 years, 4 months, and 10 days; they covered over 8,000 miles.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml
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