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Sep 3, 2024 · Louis Joliet was born on September 21, 1645, in Quebec City, Canada. His French roots and upbringing in a vibrant colonial environment cultivated his adventurous spirit. His early life was marked by a keen interest in the wilderness, which eventually led him to pursue a career as a fur trader and explorer.
Aug 18, 2024 · JOLLIET, LOUIS, explorer, discoverer of the Mississippi, cartographer, king’s hydrographer, teacher at the Jesuit college at Quebec, organist, business man, and seigneur; baptized 21 Sept. 1645 at Quebec, son of Jean Jollyet, a wheelwright in the service of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, and of Marie d’Abancourt; d. 1700 in New France.
Sep 7, 2024 · Louis Jolliet was a French explorer who, with Father Jacques Marquette, in the late 17th Century explored much of the Mississippi River and the land into which it drained.
Aug 20, 2024 · In the mid-1600s, two explorers dared to explore North America's mightiest river, the Mississippi. Over two months, Jolliet and Marquette explored over 800 miles of the river and laid the foundation for European exploration of the center of the North American continent. Part of the "World Explorers" series.
5 days ago · The next European explorers of the river appeared in 1673 out of French Canada—two canoe loads of voyageurs commanded by Louis Jolliet, a French government agent, and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit priest.
Aug 22, 2024 · Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit, and Louis Joliet (or Jolliet), a trader, were the first Frenchmen to set foot in the Arkansas land, in 1673. They found four Quapaw villages: Kappa, Tongigna, Tourima, and Osotouy.
Aug 28, 2024 · The first European to see Lake Erie, when the Iroquois inhabited the region, was probably the French Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet in 1669, although some credit the Frenchman Étienne Brûlé with its exploration as early as 1615. The British, allied with the Iroquois, developed trade along Lake Erie in the late 17th century.
