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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
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Baptized February 23, 1680
Died March 7, 1767 • Paris • France
Title / Office governor (1733-1743), Louisiana • governor (1717-1723), Louisiana • governor (1706-1713), Louisiana
Founder New Orleans
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
French explorer
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Jean Ribaut
French naval officer
Henri de Tonty
French explorer
Pavie, Auguste
Auguste Pavie
French explorer
Nicolas Perrot
French fur trader, official, and explorer
Pierre de Brazza
French explorer
Ernest-Marc-Louis Doudart de Lagrée
French explorer and diplomat
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d'
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Auguste Chouteau
American fur trader
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian navigator
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
French colonial governor
Louis Faidherbe
Louis Faidherbe
governor of French Senegal
Marie-Jules Dupré
French naval officer
Paul-Louis-Félix Philastre
French administrator and diplomat

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