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Famous Explorer Discovered Texas By Mistake
Believing he was anchored off the coast of present-day Alabama instead of Spanish Texas, French explorer La Salle went ashore on Jan. 20, 1685.
Louis XIV of France rewarded Rene Robert Cavelier with the title of Sieur de la Salle for his history-making trip down the Mississippi River in 1682. The 39 year old adventurer was the first white man to trace the continental tributary all the way to its…
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