Louis Jolliet
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Quebec City |
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Died | Anticosti Island |
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May 1700 | |
Anticosti Island | |
Canada | |
Spouse | Claire-Francoise Byssot de la Valtrie |
Nationality | Canadian |
Parents | Marie d'Abancourt |
Jean Jolliet | |
Marie d’Abancourt | |
Job | Explorer |
Date of birth | September 21,1645 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Awards | Quebec |
Books | A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending Above Four Thousand Miles, Between New France & New Mexico; With a Description [!] of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals: V.1-2 |
Other work | Canadian |
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ID | 591077 |
Louis Jolliet Life story
Louis Jolliet was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River.