Alvarez de Pindea discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1519.
Hernando de Soto also finds the Mississippi River but that was 22 years later in 1541.
In 1673 Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet verify that the river flows into the Gulf of Mexico and they explored well inland.
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β 11y agoSpanish explorer Cortes in 1541.
it is Louisiana
Magellan.
yes
João Rodrigues Cabrilho was the first Portuguese explorer,, in 1542.
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La Salle
it is Louisiana
It was Florida. NOT Louisiana
La Salle
Zebulon Pike
Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle.
Louisiana's origin name comes from its first European explorer, the French explorer RenΓ©-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, who claimed the territory in 1682 and named it La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV of France.
Zebulon Pike, explorer of the south and southwest Louisiana Territory
Louisiana purchase
Just went there September 30, 2004.
Christopher Columbus was the first explorer
Lewis & Clark were sent out by the president Jefferson, to explore the newly purchased Louisiana