1. Robert De La Salle was
a French nobleman. He
was the first sailor to
find the Gulf Of
Mexico.

2. -Robert was born on November 22,1643, he
was born in France.

3.  Robert De La Salle sailed
from Montreal through all
the great lakes except
Superior and sailed
through the Mississippi river.
 He sailed into the Gulf Of
Mexico and the first one to
find the Gulf Of Mexico.

4.  When De La Salle grew up, he traded along
the St. Lawrence River.
 He was the first to sail to the Gulf Of Mexico.
 When he was a little kid, he wanted to be a
farmer but was way more interested in fur
trading.
 La Salle never got married or had any
children, but he did have a brother named
Jean, who was a Suplican Priest at a
church.
 La Salle sailed with over 200 settlers, but
most of them died.

5.  Robert sailed for France to try to claim
land from the Mississippi River.
 He also sailed to try to find riches.
 Robert wanted to be a fur trader who
traded along the St. Lawrence River.
 Robert explored the all the great lakes
except the Superior.

6.  Robert De La Salle found a colony that
what we now know today is Texas.
 Robert died from his own men, Robert
was going to get food and his men
thought he was crazy, so his men killed
him.