Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700
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- Jolliet, Louis, 1645-1700
- Joliet, Louis (Explorer)
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Birth Date
- 1645-09-21
Death Date
- 1700-05
Birth Place
- Québec (Québec)
Associated Locale
- Mississippi River Valley
Associated Language
- French
Field of Activity
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration
(lcsh) Mexico, Gulf of--Discovery and exploration
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Sources
- found: Catholic encyclopedia online, viewed Apr. 10, 2014(Louis Joliet, or Jolliet, was born at Québec on Sept. 21, 1645; he was ordered by governor Frontenac to explore the regions of Québec and elsewhere, so he and [Jacques] Marquette and their party travelled south in canoes until they reached the Mississippi River until they got to the Gulf of Mexico; died in Canada, May 1700) - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08496a.htm
- found: New York times, 11 July 2021:in an article entitled "The battle between a great city and a great lake" on page 19 (In 1673, the Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette and fellow explorer Louis Joliet, a philosophy student turned fur trader, became the first known Europeans to set eyes on what is today Chicago)
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- 1980-09-25: new
- 2023-09-06: revised
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