Louis Jolliet (1645-1700) was a Canadian explorer, musician, hydrographer, fur trader, and teacher. The most famous exploit in the career of this multifaceted man was the exploration of the Mississippi River in 1673. The exact birth date of Louis...

Louis Jolliet Born 1645, Beauport, Canada Died 1700, Quebec, Canada When he discovered the upper Mississippi River, Louis Jolliet was accompanied by Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. On Jolliet’s return trip to Quebec province (then...

1645-1700 French-Canadian fur trader who became the first European to make a voyage down the Mississippi River. Jolliet switched careers from priest to fur trader and eventually to explorer when he accepted the leadership of an expedition to discover...

Louis Jolliet, also known as Louis Joliet (September 21, 1645 – May 22 1700), was a Canadian explorer born in Quebec City. Jolliet is important for his discoveries in North America. Jolliet and missionary Father Jacques Marquette, a Catholic...

In America, our idea of frontier explorers has a Davy Crockett image: rugged men of action, handy with a gun and ready to use it on any inconvenient natives.Yet the man who first mapped one of the country's most important frontiers -- the great Mississippi...