Who Discovered The Mississippi River. The intent was to search for gold and other treasures. The person that discovered the mississippi river is hernando de soto.
La salle sailed form rochefort, france, on august 1, 1684, to seek the mouth of the. This engraving depicts hernando de soto’s discovery of the mississippi river at a point below natchez on may 8, 1541. The intent was to search for gold and other treasures.
