For Jean Nicollet de Bellesborne, see Jean Nicolet.
French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician
Joseph Nicollet
Portrait and autograph of Nicollet
Born
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
(1786-07-24)July 24, 1786
Cluses, Savoy, France
Died
September 11, 1843(1843-09-11) (aged 57)
Washington, D.C., United States
Resting place
Congressional Cemetery
Nationality
French
Other names
Jean-Nicolas Nicollet
Occupation(s)
Explorer, mathematician
Known for
Cartography of the Mississippi River
Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786 – September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer, astronomer, and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s. Nicollet led three expeditions in the region between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, primarily in Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Before emigrating to the United States, Nicollet was a professor of mathematics at Collège Louis-le-Grand, and a professor and astronomer at the Paris Observatory with Pierre-Simon Laplace. Political and academic changes in France led Nicollet to travel to the United States to do work that would bolster his reputation among academics in Europe. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1842.[1]
Nicollet's maps were among the most accurate of the time, correcting errors made by Zebulon Pike, and they provided the basis for all subsequent maps of the American interior. They were also among the first to depict elevation by hachuring and the only maps to use regional Native American placenames. Nicollet's Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi was published in 1843, following his death. Nicollet Tower, located in Sisseton, South Dakota is a monument to Nicollet and his work and was constructed in 1991.
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