Louis Jolliet

Louis Jolliet was a French Canadian explorer and fur trader who explored the Mississippi River with Jacques Marquette in 1673.

Mississippi River expedition of 1673: An expedition led by Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette that explored the Mississippi River in 1673. This is the journey for which Jolliet is best known.
Jacques Marquette: A French Jesuit missionary who explored the Mississippi River with Louis Jolliet in 1673. Marquette accompanied Jolliet on the expedition that established their shared historical legacy.
New France: The French colonial territory in North America from the sixteenth century until 1763. Jolliet’s expeditions served the geographic and commercial interests of this colony.
French exploration of North America: French expeditions that mapped, traveled, and established contacts across North America. Jolliet’s expedition extended French knowledge of the continent’s interior waterways.
Mississippi River: A major North American river flowing from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Jolliet and Marquette followed it south to determine its course.
Jean Talon: The first intendant of New France, serving from 1665 to 1668 and again from 1669 to 1672. Talon commissioned Jolliet’s earlier exploration of the copper deposits near Lake Superior.
Quebec City: A city founded by France in 1608 on the St. Lawrence River in present-day Canada. Jolliet was born and educated in the colonial center of Quebec.
Louisiana (New France): A French colonial territory in the Mississippi River basin, named in 1682. Jolliet’s findings helped clarify the river system later claimed for France by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle.
Illinois River: A major tributary of the Mississippi River flowing across Illinois. The expedition used this river on its return north from the Mississippi.
Frontenac: Louis de Buade de Frontenac was governor general of New France from 1672 to 1682. Jolliet reported the Mississippi expedition’s findings to Frontenac.

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René-Robert CavelierCompared with: Jolliet’s earlier descent established knowledge of the river that La Salle later explored to its mouth.