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 | | René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de LaSalle (November 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a French cleric and explorer. |
 | | With Frontenac's influence, he received not only a fur trade concession, with permission to establish frontier forts, but also a title of nobility. |
 | | On April 9, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, near present-day Venice, Louisiana, La Salle buried an engraved plate and a cross, claiming the territory for France. |
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