La Salle's expedition to the Mississippi River

GPTKB entity

Properties (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf expedition
gptkbp:associated_with French_colonization
gptkbp:challenges hostile_encounters_with_Native_Americans
gptkbp:contributedTo the fur trade
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
La_Salle's_journals
gptkbp:duration approximately 2 years
gptkbp:established gptkb:Fort_Saint_Louis
gptkbp:firstFlight Gulf of Mexico
gptkbp:followedBy further_French_settlements
gptkbp:goal explore_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:historical_significance established_French_presence_in_North_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label La Salle's expedition to the Mississippi River
gptkbp:IATA_code gptkb:Quebec
gptkbp:includes exploration_of_the_Illinois_River
gptkbp:influenced previous explorers
future_explorations_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:inspiration subsequent_French_expeditions
gptkbp:involved navigation_of_the_Great_Lakes
gptkbp:is_a gptkb:Louisiana_Purchase
gptkbp:is_a_gathering_for French_colonial_strategy
gptkbp:is_a_source_of find_a_route_to_the_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:is_characterized_by difficult terrain
gptkbp:is_essential_for trade routes
gptkbp:is_part_of the Age of Discovery
European_exploration_of_North_America
of_European_exploration_and_colonization.
gptkbp:is_recognized_for its navigational achievements
gptkbp:is_used_in a group of explorers
in 1683
gptkbp:keyEvent the history of exploration
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle
the_establishment_of_New_France
gptkbp:notable_event discovery_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:performedBy Native_American_tribes
gptkbp:resultedIn claiming_the_Mississippi_River_basin_for_France
gptkbp:significantEvent the_exploration_of_the_American_interior
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:King_Louis_XIV_of_France
gptkbp:was_marked_by disease and starvation
gptkbp:year 1682