Alfred Laliberté's Louis Jolliet sculpture in front of Parliament Building (Quebec)
Born
(1645-09-21)September 21, 1645 near Quebec, New France
Died
1700 (aged 54–55) en route from Quebec to Anticosti Island
Allegiance
New France (Canada)
Awards
Jolliet was granted land south of Quebec in return for his favours
Relations
Jean Jolliet: Father
Other work
Canadian explorer
Signature
Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America.[1] In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River.
^Tanya Larkin (2003). Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet: Explorers of the Mississippi. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8239-3625-0. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
LouisJolliet (September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques...
Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. In 1673, Marquette, with LouisJolliet, an explorer born near Quebec City, was the first European to explore...
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Americas, and Asia during Louis' reign, and French explorers made important discoveries in North America. In 1673, LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette discovered...
from Green Bay to the Arkansas River by the Canadien expedition of LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette, the area was claimed by France. It was settled...
LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis...
Kaskaskia, a tribe of the Illinois Confederation, led French explorers LouisJolliet and Father Jacques Marquette, the first known Europeans to explore this...
Native Americans in what is now the United States. Chartier accompanied LouisJolliet on two of his journeys to the Illinois Country of New France, and went...
In Spanish, the river is called Río Mississippi. French explorers LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi in the 17th century...
of the downriver people". As French explorers Jacques Marquette and LouisJolliet encountered and interacted with the Illinois before they did the Quapaw...
Maisonneuve, founded Fort Ville-Marie which is now known as Montreal. LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette founded Sault Sainte Marie (1668) and Saint Ignace...
construction of a public well in the Place d'Armes. 1674 – LouisJolliet is wrecked at Sault-Saint-Louis in May. 1676 – A Sulpician mission is founded at Mount...
her tribe and clan". In 1673, French explorers Jacques Marquette and LouisJolliet were among the first Europeans documented to contact the Osage, traveling...
empire. The island's first European settlers arrived in 1680 when Louis XIV gave LouisJolliet the Seigneury of the Mingan Archipelago and Anticosti Island...
Illinois.[failed verification] The early French explorers, including LouisJolliet, Jacques Marquette and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, produced...
2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018. Majumdar 1984, pp. 168–169 Engels A. "LouisJolliet (1645-1700) and Jacques Marquette (1637-1675)". Discoverers Web. Archived...
Canada New France (1534–1763) Present-day United States The Fort Saint Louis (Texas) (1685–1689) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1650–1733) Fort Caroline...
near the river. The river, and its region, were named after the plant. LouisJolliet and Jacques Marquette, though probably not the first Europeans to visit...
Americans in the time before European settlement. Jacques Marquette and LouisJolliet navigated from Lake Michigan through the Milwaukee River on their way...
mission to the Indians, founded in 1671. In 1673, Jacques Marquette, LouisJolliet and their crew of five Métis voyageurs followed Lake Michigan to Green...
north around the Great Lakes. French explorers Jacques Marquette and LouisJolliet explored the Illinois River in 1673. Marquette soon after founded a...