FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Question
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Seven Cities of Cibola
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water route around Central America
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mouth of the Mississippi River
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an existing colony
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Detailed explanation-1: -La Salle secured a contract for the colonization of lower Louisiana from Louis XIV in 1683. The plan was to reach the Mississippi by sea and secure a permanent settlement upriver that would provide the French with a strategic advantage over Spanish interests throughout the Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1682, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle journeyed down the Mississippi River in search of a water route to the Gulf of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -They had missed the mouth of the Mississippi and were almost 400 miles west of their intended destination! Bad luck continued. La Salle’s attempts to find the Mississippi River failed. Then the Aimable, the largest ship carrying most of his supplies, sunk in Matagorda Bay.
Detailed explanation-4: -La Salle was soon captivated by the opportunities available in the largely unexplored lands of North America. In 1669, he launched his first expedition, discovering the Ohio River.
Detailed explanation-5: -French explorer, Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, sailed from the Great Lakes up the St. Lawrence River, through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, to the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682. There he raised a French flag and claimed all the lands drained by the Mississippi for France.