9 mars 1669 - ohann Lederer leads expedition from the York River into the Appalachian Mountains at the behest of Colonial Governor Sir William Berkeley, who believed a passage to the west and Indian Ocean only a few weeks away. Lederer expedition is first Europeans to crest Blue Ridge Mountains and see the Shenandoah Valley.
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9 mars 1669
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~ Il y a 356 ans