What river is he known to be the first European to cross?
The Amazon River
The Nile River
The Mississippi River
The Thames River
Answer
French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle was the first European to cross the Mississippi River. In 1682, La Salle and his crew descended the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle's journey was a major event in the history of North America, as it opened up the vast Mississippi River Valley to European exploration and settlement.
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