Place · river
Mississippi River
The Mississippi is the principal river of North America, draining a vast basin into the Gulf of Mexico. French explorers travelled it in the seventeenth century and claimed its basin as Louisiana for the French Empire. New Orleans, founded at its mouth, became the colony's capital.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mississippi River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mississippi-river
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- “Mississippi River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mississippi-river. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Mississippi River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mississippi-river.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Mississippi River’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mississippi-river (Accessed: ).
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