JOLLIET, Louis - Revision history

Randylyon at 02:52, 26 November 2015

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	[[Image:jolliet.gif\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Louis Jolliet]]JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father [[MARQUETTE, Jacques\|Jacques MARQUETTE]] and a group of explorers, Jolliett was the first white man to view the present site of Dubuque, Iowa. Jolliett was chosen to explore and map the nearly unknown [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] and led the party that set out on May 17,1673. They paddled up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, and then followed its course to the Mississippi.		[[Image:jolliet.gif\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Louis Jolliet]]JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father [[MARQUETTE, Jacques\|Jacques MARQUETTE]] and a group of explorers, Jolliett was the first white man to view the present site of Dubuque, Iowa. Jolliett was chosen to explore and map the nearly unknown [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] and led the party that set out on May 17,1673. They paddled up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, and then followed its course to the Mississippi.

	The explorers saw the upper reaches of the river on June 17 and found that it flowed south and not west as they had hoped. The explorers met Native Americans at the mouth of the Arkansas River who told them the river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.		The explorers saw the upper reaches of the river on June 17th and found that it flowed south and not west as they had hoped. The explorers met Native Americans at the mouth of the Arkansas River who told them the river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.

	Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.		Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.

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			"The Explorers," Virtual Museum of New France. Online: http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/louis-jolliet-1673-1694/


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Randylyon at 04:18, 8 December 2010

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Randylyon at 03:59, 4 December 2010

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	Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.		Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.
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Randylyon at 03:58, 4 December 2010

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	Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.		Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.
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	Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.		Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.
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Randylyon at 23:35, 2 August 2008

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	JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father [[MARQUETTE, Jacques\|Jacques MARQUETTE]] and a group of explorers, Jolliett was the first white man to view the present site of Dubuque, Iowa. Jolliett was chosen to explore and map the nearly unknown [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] and led the party that set out on May 17,1673. They paddled up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, and then followed its course to the Mississippi.		[[Image:jolliet.gif\|left\|thumb\|150px\|Louis Jolliet]]JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father [[MARQUETTE, Jacques\|Jacques MARQUETTE]] and a group of explorers, Jolliett was the first white man to view the present site of Dubuque, Iowa. Jolliett was chosen to explore and map the nearly unknown [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] and led the party that set out on May 17,1673. They paddled up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, and then followed its course to the Mississippi.

	The explorers saw the upper reaches of the river on June 17 and found that it flowed south and not west as they had hoped. The explorers met Native Americans at the mouth of the Arkansas River who told them the river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.		The explorers saw the upper reaches of the river on June 17 and found that it flowed south and not west as they had hoped. The explorers met Native Americans at the mouth of the Arkansas River who told them the river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.

	Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.		Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.

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JOLLIET, Louis. (Beaupre, Quebec, Canada-Sept. 21, 1645--Quebec, Canada, May 1700). French-Canadian cartographer and explorer. Together with Father [[MARQUETTE, Jacques|Jacques MARQUETTE]] and a group of explorers, Jolliett was the first white man to view the present site of Dubuque, Iowa. Jolliett was chosen to explore and map the nearly unknown [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] and led the party that set out on May 17,1673. They paddled up the Fox River, portaged to the Wisconsin River, and then followed its course to the Mississippi.

The explorers saw the upper reaches of the river on June 17 and found that it flowed south and not west as they had hoped. The explorers met Native Americans at the mouth of the Arkansas River who told them the river emptied into the Gulf of Mexico.

Fearing contact with Spanish authorities in the region, the explorers headed northward toward the present site of Chicago. Jolliet's canoe later capsized on the St. Lawrence River, but he was able to reconstruct some of the lost maps from memory. The expedition lasted five months.