French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, is perhaps best known for giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana. Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection. Black-and-white reproduction of a lithograph of a portrait of Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle. More @Wikipedia
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