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European Explorers. French explorer went down the Ohio River to present day Louisville, Kentucky. Robert de LaSalle. British explorers who went into the New River region and found the MANI tree. Batts and Fallam. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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European
Explorers
French explorer went down the Ohio River
to present day Louisville, Kentucky
Robert de LaSalle
British explorers who went into the New River
region and found the MANI tree
Batts and Fallam
Lieutenant Governor who explored the
Shenaandoah Valley and gave his
companions Golden Horseshoes
Alexander Spotswood
British explorer, bad weather drove him north of his destination, landed
on a peninsula in the James River, this site became Jamestown
Christopher Newport
Frenchman who buried lead plates in the banks
of the Ohio River
Celoron de Blainville
British pair that were sent to break the
trade monopoly with the Occaneechi
Needham and Arthur
Killed by Indian John
James Needham
First European to see the Great
Kanawha River
Gabbiel Arthur
German explorer who explored the Harpers
Ferry area, wrote in his journal about seeing “peacocks, lions, and the Atlantick Ocean”
John Lederer
First European to enter what is
now West Virginia
John Lederer
British pair of Land Company
Explorers
Walker and Gist
Named the Cumberland Gap
Thomas Walker
Explored the route that became the National Road
Christopher Gist
Pair of British explorers that travelled down the Mississippi and were
captured by the French and taken to New
Orleans
Howard and Salling
While traveling near Peytona in Boone
County this explorer was the first to see
coal.
John Peter Salling
This pair of British explorers went to the origin of the Roanoke
River to create interest in the area
Wood and Bland
This British explorer became the Commander of Fort Henry, he led and sent several expeditions
into the interior to expand the King’s
territoryAbraham Wood
He kept record of their trip that was published as “The Discovery of New
Brittaine”Edward Bland
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