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Birth date
La salle was born on November 21 1643 in Rouen France. Rouen is a city on the River Seine in the north of France. It is the capital of the region of Upper Normandy and the historic capital city of Normandy. -
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La Salle Timeline
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The vows
He officially took his vows in 1660 but on March 27, 1667, he was released by his own request. -
Canada Awaits!
In 1666 La Salle found himself more interested in exploration and adventure than priesthood which is what he was studying towards, so he decided to go to canada where his fourtune awaited. -
Quebec, France, New France
There was ni any soecific day that he arrived at each individual one. In the late 1667 he went from Quebec, France, to New France (Canada). -
Getting Permission
in 1677 la salle returned to france to get permission to explore lands between Florida, Mexico, and New France. -
Great Lakes
On August 7, 1679 he traveled across Lake Erie and Lake Huron with is 40 men. The people that were with him continued ot explore but soon returned to the loss of the intelegent leader. -
Mississippi adventure ending
La Salle was the first person in history to sail the intire Missipppi River. He returned from his expedition on April 9th 1682. La Salles adventure ended when he died. La Salle was the leader of teh group and they were lost without him. -
His starting goals.
On August 1 1684 La Salle ventured to find the mouth of the mississippi river unaware of what he would actually acheive. -
Fort Saint Louis
La Salle first landed on Martagorda Bay on January 1st 1685 by mistake while looking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, After he landed in Texas he had to build a fort to keep from being harmed by the Indians. The fort is now called Fort Saint Louis. -
La Salle's Death
La Salle died in Huntsville Texas. He was murdered by a man named René-Robert Cavelier. He influenced many people throughout his wonderous journeys. La Salle died of sickness that was going around the ship.
