Louis Jolliet
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 explo...
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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...
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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 Mississipp...
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Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet