Panfilo de Narvaez was one of the first European explorers to visit Louisiana, in 1528.
Hernando de Soto followed the Mississippi River down to the Gulf of Mexico in 1543.
Robert Cavelier de La Salle named the region Louisiana in 1682 as the French explored the region (named in honor of France's King Louis XIV).
Note that the United States acquired the territory in the Louisiana Purchase on December 20, 1803.
The "Discovery Corps", which was led by Lewis and Clark.The Corp of Discovery with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana purchase
Lewis and Clark
he explored the southwest and surveyed what is now Colorado
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana purchase with Sacajawea as their guide
Robert Cavelier de la Salle. Link goes to his Wikipedia biography.
Lewis and Clark
Robert Cavelier de' La Sall'e named Louisiana after King Louis the XIV of France.
The southern area near Spain.
The "Discovery Corps", which was led by Lewis and Clark.The Corp of Discovery with Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana purchase
Lewis and Clark
he explored the southwest and surveyed what is now Colorado
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana purchase with Sacajawea as their guide
He explored the area of what it now present day Asia.
Louisiana Purchase
Florida.