René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
（重定向自René Robert Cavelier）
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![Memorial Plaque to de La Salle in Rouen](/Images/godic/202502/07/DeLaSalle2002.jpg")
![Painting by Theodore Gudin titled La Salle's Expedition to Louisiana in 1684. The ship on the left is La Belle, in the middle is Le Joly, and L'Aimable is to the right. They are at the entrance to Matagorda Bay](/Images/godic/202502/07/LaSallesExpeditiontoLouisiana2002.JPG")
![Claiming Louisiana for France](/Images/godic/202502/07/Lasalle_au_Mississippi2002.jpg")
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, or Robert de La Salle (November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a French explorer. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico. La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.