René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer gptkb:nobleman
gptkbp:birthDate	1643-11-22
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Rouen,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace	Texas (exact location unknown)
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	gptkb:murder
gptkbp:claimedBy	gptkb:France
gptkbp:deathDate	1687-03-19
gptkbp:deathPlace	near present-day Navasota, Texas, New Spain
gptkbp:education	Jesuit seminary
gptkbp:expedition	gptkb:Illinois_Country_exploration gptkb:Mississippi_River_expedition_(1682) gptkb:Texas_expedition_(1684–1687)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
gptkbp:killedBy	members of his own expedition
gptkbp:knownFor	exploring the Mississippi River claiming the Mississippi River basin for France exploring the Great Lakes region founding Fort Saint Louis
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:legacy	La Salle County, Texas named after him LaSalle Street in Chicago named after him numerous schools and places named after him in North America
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork	exploration of the Mississippi River establishment of French colonies in North America
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:explorer fur trader
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Catherine_Geest gptkb:Jean_Cavelier
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:Louisiana
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Sieur_de_La_Salle
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Louisiana_(New_France) gptkb:Lasalle_Causeway gptkb:New_France_(historical_period) gptkb:LaSalle_Street gptkb:French_colonial_North_America gptkb:Exploration_of_North_America gptkb:New_France gptkb:La_Salle gptkb:LaSalle’s_Landing_Park gptkb:La_Salle_County gptkb:LaSalle,_Illinois,_United_States gptkb:Lasalle gptkb:Father_Louis_Hennepin gptkb:French_Louisiana gptkb:LaSalle_County gptkb:Henri_de_Tonti
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6