The Mississippi River's upper reaches were sighted by French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet and French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette in 1673. They traveled downriver by canoe to a point near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
the first explorer to map the Mississippi River wasJacques Marquette.
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Both countries explored the Mississippi River. The first Spaniard was Hernando de Soto and the first Frenchman was Sieur de LaSalle.
Spanish explorers were the first to explore of that area.
Hernado De Soto was the first Europen to explore Mississippi. Hernadl explored from 1540 - 1541.
Pierre Le Moyne was the first to settle in Mississippi and he establisht a French settlement at Old Biloxi.
they were closer to the Mississippi river
they were closer to the Mississippi river
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Hernando De Soto
Hernando DeSoto
It was first Sighted in 1678 by a French explore.
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