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Identify the explorer who reached the Gulf of Mexico after exploring the Mississippi River, but who had hoped to reach the Pacific Ocean Ferdinand Magellan Rene-Robert La Salle Bartolomeu Dias Henry Hudson
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Identify the explorer who reached the Gulf of Mexico after exploring the Mississippi River, but who had hoped to reach the Pacific Ocean Ferdinand Magellan Rene-Robert La Salle Bartolomeu Dias Henry Hudson

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It was "Rene-Robert La Salle" who reached the Gulf of Mexico after exploring the Mississippi River, but who had hoped to reach the Pacific Ocean, since he was the French explorer who claimed most of this territory for France. 
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