Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675
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Name (Hebrew)
מארקט, ז'אק, 1637-1675
Name (Latin)
Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675
Other forms of name
Père Marquette, 1637-1675
Marquette, Jacques (Explorer)
Marquette, Iaques, 1637-1675
Marquette, James, 1637-1675
Date of birth
1637-06-10
Date of death
1675-05-18
Associated country
Canada
Field of activity
Catholic Church
Discoveries in geography
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration
mexico gulf of discovery and exploration
Occupation
Explorers
Missionaries
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Backer-Sommervogel. Bib. de la Compagne de Jésus, 1967 reprint(Marquette, Jacques, born in Laon June 10, 1637; entered the Jesuit order in 1654; set off for Canada in 1666; along with Louis Joliet he explored Canda south to the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico; on the way back to Canada he stayed with the Miami Indians in what is now Lake Michigan, during which he died May 18, 1675)
- Father Jacques Marquette, Jesuit, born June 10, 1637 in Laon, France; sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette; he was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Ste. Marie, and later founded St. Ignace, Michigan. In 1673 Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to explore and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River; died at age 37, on May 18, 1675, near the modern town of Ludington, Michigan ( (English Wikipedia, viewed Apr. 10, 2014) )
- 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)
- Voyage et découverte de quelques pays et nations de l'Amérique Septentrionale, 1845 :title page (le P. Marquette)