Exploration of the Mississippi and founding of Louisiana. (jun 30, 1672 – jul 1, 1718)
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In 1673, Louis Jolliet and the Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River in search of a passage to China. In 1682, Cavelier de La Salle and Henri de Tonti explore the entire river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. LaSalle takes possession of the land he names Louisiana in honor of the King Louis XIV. The French empire in America thus extends from Quebec to the Mississippi Delta. Creating a cresent shaped empire. In 1699, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, in turn, travels to the mouth of the Mississippi. Almost twenty years later, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville founds New Orleans.
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