Portrait of Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Born 22 November 1643 in Rouen, France. Died 19 March 1687 in Huntsville, Texas, United States of America. Wood engraving by Henri Theophile Hildibrand (1824-1897), c. 1880. Good condition. Paper a bit browned along the edges. The left edge very slightly uneven. Verso: blank. Note: portrayed during his brutal murder by Pierre Duhaut. Dimensions: 180 x 117 mm. Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle was Explorer, Fur trader, Claimed the Mississippi River basin for France, The first European to traverse the Ohio River, and Explored the Great Lakes.