La Salle expedition to Texas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/La_Salle_expedition_to_Texas
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical expedition
gptkbp:category History of Texas
French colonization of the Americas
1680s in New Spain
gptkbp:departedFrom gptkb:France
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:endDate 1687
gptkbp:establishedFort gptkb:Fort_Saint_Louis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label La Salle expedition to Texas
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Spanish_colonization_of_Texas
gptkbp:La_SalleKilled 1687
gptkbp:La_SalleKilledBy members of his own party
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle
gptkbp:members Henri Joutel
Jean-Baptiste Talon
gptkbp:numberOfShips 4
gptkbp:purpose establish French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River
gptkbp:result failure
gptkbp:resultedIn increased Spanish interest in Texas
gptkbp:shipsLost gptkb:La_Belle
gptkb:L'Aimable
gptkbp:shipUsed gptkb:La_Belle
gptkb:Saint-François
gptkb:L'Aimable
Le Joly
gptkbp:significance first European colony in Texas
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:King_Louis_XIV_of_France
gptkbp:startYear 1684
gptkbp:survived few
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Texas_expedition_(1684–1687)
gptkb:La_Salle's_Texas_expedition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8