–fur trader and explorer—was the second son of two French colonists, Jean Jolliet and Marie d'Abancour. He had been preceded by a brother, Adrien, and was soon followed by
a sister, Marie
, and another brother, Zacharie.
Where was Louis Jolliet buried?
| Birth 21 Sep 1645 Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada | Death 1700 (aged 54–55) | Burial Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: He was lost on a trip to one of his land holdings. | Memorial ID 29455299 · View Source |
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Did Louis Jolliet get married?
In 1675, Louis Jolliet returned to an apparently more sedentary life. He
married Claire-Françoise Bissot
, played the organ in the cathedral at Quebec, and became an influential personality in the colony.
Was Joliet a priest?
Joliet went to the Jesuit school in Quebec and
studied to be a priest
. It was there he first met Jacques Marquette who arrived from France in 1666 to prepare for his mission work in the Great Lakes. But by 1667, at the age of 22, Joliet decided not to enter the priesthood.
Who sent Louis Jolliet?
In 1672 he was commissioned by
the governor of New France
to explore the Mississippi, and he was joined by Marquette. On May 17, 1673, the party set out in two birchbark canoes from Michilimackinac (St. Ignace, Mich.)
Is Louis Jolliet a girl or boy?
Louis Jolliet was a
French
-Canadian explorer and mapmaker. He and Father Jacques Marquette were the first European men to explore the upper Mississippi River in North America. Jolliet was born in about September 1645 in Beaupré, Canada.
Why did Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi?
Louis Joliet pursued
religious and musical studies
until deciding in adulthood to become a fur trader. In 1673, he embarked on a trip with missionary Jacques Marquette
Why did Marquette and Joliet turn back?
Following the river to the mouth of the Arkansas River — within 435 miles of the Gulf of Mexico — Marquette and Joliet learned that it flowed through hostile Spanish domains. Fearing an encounter with Spanish colonists and explorers, they decided to
return homeward by way of the Illinois River
in mid-July.
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
It shows Spanish conquistador and
explorer Hernando De Soto
(1500–1542), riding a white horse and dressed in Renaissance finery, arriving at the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8, 1541. De Soto was the first European documented to have seen the river.
Who was the first European to descend the Mississippi River?
While
Hernando de Soto
was the first European to make official note of the Mississippi River by discovering its southern entrance in 1541, Jolliet and Marquette were the first to locate its upper reaches, and travel most of its length, about 130 years later.
Who did Marquette and Joliet sail for?
In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader, undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico for
the colonial power of France
.
Who explored the North American Southwest?
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Who was the first explorer from that country to visit the future state of Wisconsin?
The first explorer to reach Wisconsin was probably
interpreter Etienne Brule
. In 1622 or 1623, he traveled around Lake Superior at Champlain's request.
