Louis Jolliet (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒɔljɛ]; September 21, 1645 – after May 1700) was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North...

Joliet or Jolliet may refer to: Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French-Canadian explorer of North America Oscar Joliet (1878–1969), Belgian scholar-priest...

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...

Americas, and Asia during Louis's reign, and French explorers made important discoveries in North America. In 1673, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette discovered...

Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans recorded as exploring the region, and by 1683, the French had established Fort St. Louis...

publisher Louis Jolliet (1645–1700), French explorer, one of the first Europeans to reach the northern part of the Mississippi River Louis Kealoha, former...

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...

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...

exploration of the area was first recorded in 1673, when French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette traveled through the Mississippi River valley...

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...

Kaskaskia, a tribe of the Illinois Confederation, led French explorers Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques Marquette, the first known Europeans to explore this...

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...

short cut". In May 1673, Jacques Marquette joined the expedition of Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer, to find the Mississippi River. They departed...

Maisonneuve, founded Fort Ville-Marie which is now known as Montreal. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette founded Sault Sainte Marie (1668) and Saint Ignace...

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...

In Spanish, the river is called Río Mississippi. French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi in the 17th century...

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...

Illinois.[failed verification] The early French explorers, including Louis Jolliet, Jacques Marquette and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, produced...

with natives, and a commercial center for fur trade. On 17 May 1673, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began the exploration of the Mississippi River...

(West Virginia). 1672 – Blue Laws enacted in Connecticut. 1672–73 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette explore the Illinois Country. 1674 – New Netherland...

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...

post existed there, established by La Compagnie des Habitants, and Louis Jolliet established another trading post in 1679. Great Britain took over Canada...

encountered by early French explorers, Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet. French Jesuit missionaries converted tribal members to Roman Catholicism...

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...

2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018. Majumdar 1984, pp. 168–169 Engels A. "Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) and Jacques Marquette (1637-1675)". Discoverers Web. Archived...

the Mitchigamea people in Arkansas. In 1673, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet used a Mitchigamea man, who only spoke Illinois poorly, as a translator...

businessman Barthélemy Joliette, descendant of the famous explorer Louis Jolliet. The name Lanaudière evokes the lineage of the lords De Lanaudière who...

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...

1673, Jesuit Father Jacques Marquette and French-Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet became the first Europeans known to have descended the Mississippi River...

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...