For 10 points, name this French explorer who coined the name "Louisiana."
The bones of one of his inferiors, nicknamed Dead Bob, were found in a ship sunk in Matagorda Bay on his ill-fated expedition to locate the mouth of the Mississippi River. His ship, Le Griffon, was the first launched on the Great Lakes. With the aid of Henri de Tonty and Louis Hennepin, he canoed down the Mississippi River, establishing Forts Crevecoeur and Saint Louis. For 10 points, name this French explorer who coined the name "Louisiana."
The bones of one of his inferiors, nicknamed Dead Bob, were found in a ship sunk in Matagorda Bay on his ill-fated expedition to locate the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de {La Salle}