What did La Salle explore?

French explorer, Rene-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, sailed from the Great Lakes up the St. Lawrence River, through the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, to the mouth of the Mississippi River in 1682. There he raised a French flag and claimed all the lands drained by the Mississippi for France.

Explanation:

it increase by 12% a year from 1812-1820

doat means to cherish based on the key word fancying and that it is a living thing