# UX95 La Salle - Louisiana Postal Card - Hi-Brite
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US 1982
RENE ROBERT LA SALLE
He is perhaps best known for giving the region and ultimately the state its name: Louisiana. In 1682, while searching for a water route to the Gulf of Mexico, La Salle arrived at the point where the Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. There, he planted a post and claimed the river and its basin for France, naming the territory La Louisiane in honor of King Louis XIV. In so doing, La Salle helped set the stage for the next eighty years of French rule in the new colony.
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Scott UX95
Hi-Brite Cardstock - Fluorescent under Longwave UV
Postal Card
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