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Traveler Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the first descended down the Mississippi, landed in her mouth and raised there impressive wooden cross, as well as the French flag.So De La Salle proclaimed possession of their country bigger than France itself, the territory - from the American Great Lakes in the north to the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
He also gave a simple but solemn ceremony on this occasion.
With the participation of a handful of deadbeat Europeans and swimming do not understand French natives of La Salle also announced that "new-born" colony of Louisiana is named in honor of King Louis XIV, Louis. Much later, in 1803, Napoleon to sell this land USA.
States later than most of Louisiana "narezhut" of this territory are 12 states: Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, North and South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma. |
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