Louis Jolliet (September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques...
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Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace. In 1673, Marquette, with Louis Jolliet, an explorer born near Quebec City, was the first European to explore...
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Illinois Country (section Fort St. Louis du Rocher)
from Green Bay to the Arkansas River by the Canadien expedition of Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, the area was claimed by France. It was settled...
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Americas, and Asia during Louis' reign, and French explorers made important discoveries in North America. In 1673, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette discovered...
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Native Americans in what is now the United States. Chartier accompanied Louis Jolliet on two of his journeys to the Illinois Country of New France, and went...
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Starved Rock State Park (redirect from St. Louis Canyon)
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis...
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publisher Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River Louis Kealoha, former...
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Kaskaskia, a tribe of the Illinois Confederation, led French explorers Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette, the first known Europeans to explore this...
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exploration of the area was first recorded in 1673, when French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette traveled through the Mississippi River valley...
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census, making it the third-most populous city in Illinois. In 1673, Louis Jolliet, along with Father Jacques Marquette, paddled up the Des Plaines River...
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short cut". In May 1673, Jacques Marquette joined the expedition of Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer, to find the Mississippi River. They departed...
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In Spanish, the river is called Río Mississippi. French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi in the 17th century...
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Maisonneuve, founded Fort Ville-Marie which is now known as Montreal. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette founded Sault Sainte Marie (1668) and Saint Ignace...
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covers 17 acres (6.9 ha). Father Pere Marquette (a Jesuit priest) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to explore and map the northern portion of...
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of the downriver people". As French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet encountered and interacted with the Illinois before they did the Quapaw...
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empire. The island's first European settlers arrived in 1680 when Louis XIV gave Louis Jolliet the Seigneury of the Mingan Archipelago and Anticosti Island...
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language spoken by Mitchigamea people. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet used a Mitchigamea man, who only spoke Illinois poorly, as a translator...
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to share French culture. In 1673, Marquette joined the expedition of Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer, and departed from St. Ignace on May 17...
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construction of a public well in the Place d'Armes. 1674 – Louis Jolliet is wrecked at Sault-Saint-Louis in May. 1676 – A Sulpician mission is founded at Mount...
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businessman Barthélemy Joliette, descendant of the famous explorer Louis Jolliet. The name Lanaudière evokes the lineage of the lords De Lanaudière who...
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Illinois.[failed verification] The early French explorers, including Louis Jolliet, Jacques Marquette and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, produced...
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post existed there, established by La Compagnie des Habitants, and Louis Jolliet established another trading post in 1679. Great Britain took over Canada...
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2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018. Majumdar 1984, pp. 168–169 Engels A. "Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) and Jacques Marquette (1637-1675)". Discoverers Web. Archived...
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Associates in 1627, it was not until 1648 that the one-storey Château St. Louis, built by Governor Charles de Montmagny, became the first permanent official...
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such as the Mission of Sault Sainte Marie in 1668. On May 17, 1673, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began the exploration of the Mississippi River...
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Golden Age painter, engraver, and sculptor (d. 1708) September 21 – Louis Jolliet, French Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America...
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17th century. Though probably not the first Europeans to visit the area, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first noted in the written record to...
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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...
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It was an important landing point and camping spot. Adrien Jolliet, brother of Louis Jolliet, landed at this location in 1669 during the first exploration...
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