La Salle La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (1643-1687), French explorer in North America, who navigated the length of the Mississippi River and claimed the Louisiana region for France. La Salle was born on November 22, 1643, in Rouen, France, and educated by the Jesuits. In 1666 he immigrated to Canada, was granted land on the St. Lawrence River, and became a trader. From 1669 to 1670 he explored the region south of Lakes Ontario and Erie, and he later claimed to have discovered the Ohio
Beginning in 1904, René Lacoste was born in Paris, France. He was a tennis player and businessman. He was nicknamed "the Crocodile" by fans because of his action on the court. From 1925 to 1929, Lacoste won ten grand slam titles at the French Open, Wimbledon and Forest Hills. In 1926, inspired by his nickname, he asked his friend Robert George to design a crocodile, and it made its first appearance embroidered on a blazer of Lacoste's. In 1928, René Lacoste invented the tennis ball machine to improve
Henri De Tonti-Henri de Tonti, a Neapolitan, was most likely born near Gaeta, Italy, in either 1649 or 1650. He was the son of Lorenzo de Tonti, a financier and former governor of Gaeta. Alphonse de Tonti, one of the founders of what is now Detroit, was his younger brother. His father, Lorenzo, was involved in a revolt against the Spanish viceroy in Naples, Italy, and was forced to seek political asylum in Francearound the time of Henri's birth. In 1668, Henri joined the French Army and later
In this work, de las Casas denounces Spain for causing the death of millions of savages due to the poor working conditions. In his writing, he makes a call for reflection inflicting the words, “... [readers] would please consider whether or no such Barbarous, Cruel, and Inhumane Acts as these do not transcend and exceed all the impiety and tyranny … and whether the Spaniards deserve not the name of Devils” (de las Casas 36). These claims gained more momentum since
The Ohio River Basin covers the area about 203.940 miles, which is located in northeast of the United States surrounding the easternmost regions of the Mississippi Basin. The mainstream of the basin, the Ohio River itself, winds its way through 6 states or commonwealths around: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. The basin consists of one mainstream, which serves as the largest tributary of the Mississippi river, and its various tributaries, among which the Allegany
The Foundry, defined by Joel Garreau in his book called The Nine Nations of North America, is an area compiled of cities in the Northeast Corridor such as New York City and Philadelphia to the cities near The Great Lakes. The Foundry is located in the Northeastern section of the Continental U.S. With cities such as NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, and others, The Foundry is by far the most populous area in the United States. The common characteristic that ties most of the cities in The Foundry to each
Texas, one of the West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the north and northeast lie Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Louisiana bounds Texas on the east. Austin is the capital of Texas. Houston is the largest city. Texas is the size of Ohio, Indiana, and all the New England and Middle Atlantic states combined, and its vast area encompasses forests, mountains, deserts and dry plains, and a