Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700
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Name (Hebrew)
ז'ולייה, לואי, 1645-1700
Name (Latin)
Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700
Other forms of name
Joliet, Louis (Explorer)
Jolliet, Louis, 1645-1700
Date of birth
1645-09-21
Date of death
1700-10-18
Field of activity
Discoveries in geography
Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration
mexico gulf of discovery and exploration
Occupation
Explorers
Fur traders
Associated Language
fre
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- 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 ( (Catholic encyclopedia online, 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)