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1541 "He" (Cartier) " was succeeded by Roberval, in 1541, who wintered also at the same port." Levy's Chron: 83. "The Mississippi River is discovered by Ferdinand de Soto, who died the year following on Red River (of Natchitoches) He had been appointed Governor of Florida then in the possession of Spain, and with unexampled speed explored almost every part of that and the adjacent country." Levy's Chron: 83.