Jacques Marquette

Jacques Marquette (1637–1675) was a French Jesuit missionary and explorer who joined Louis Jolliet’s 1673 expedition down the upper Mississippi River.

Louis Jolliet: A French Canadian explorer who traveled with Marquette on the 1673 Mississippi expedition. Jolliet led the expedition alongside Marquette and carried its findings back to New France.
Society of Jesus: A Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Marquette belonged to the order whose missions shaped his career.
Ignatius of Loyola: A Spanish priest who founded the Society of Jesus in 1540. His order provided Marquette’s religious vocation and institutional setting.
French exploration of the Mississippi River: French-led journeys that mapped and documented the Mississippi River and its watershed. Marquette and Jolliet’s voyage was an early major stage in this exploration.
Mississippi River: A major North American river flowing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Marquette and Jolliet followed its upper reaches south in 1673.
French colonization of the Americas: France’s settlement, trade, and political expansion across the Americas. Marquette’s missions operated within France’s expanding presence in North America.
Claude Dablon: A French Jesuit missionary who directed missions in New France. Dablon supervised Marquette’s missionary work and reported on the Mississippi expedition.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle: A French explorer who traveled the Mississippi to its mouth in 1682. La Salle followed the river farther south than Marquette and Jolliet had.
Wisconsin River: A major tributary of the Mississippi River in the state of Wisconsin. The expedition reached the Mississippi by descending this river.
New France: The French colonial territories in North America from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Marquette lived and traveled in this colony’s Great Lakes region.

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