Louis Jolliet
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Louis Jolliet was a 17th-century French-Canadian explorer best known for his joint expedition with Jacques Marquette that mapped the Mississippi River and advanced French claims in North America.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Louis Joliet | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French Canadian
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New France colonist ⓘ cartographer ⓘ explorer ⓘ fur trader ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Louis Jolliet
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surface form:
Louis Joliet
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| birthDate | 1645-09-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New France
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Quebec City ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
place names in Canada and the United States
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statues and monuments in Quebec and the Midwest ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Louis de Buade de Frontenac
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surface form:
Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac
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| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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New France ⓘ |
| dateOfExpedition | 1673 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1700 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Newfoundland and Labrador coastline
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surface form:
Labrador coast
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| educatedAt | Jesuit College of Quebec ⓘ |
| employer | French colonial authorities in New France ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French Canadian ⓘ |
| explored |
Great Lakes region
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Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of St. Lawrence region
Illinois Country ⓘ Mississippi River ⓘ |
| hadChild |
Barbe Jolliet
ⓘ
François Jolliet ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
seigneur of Jolliet, near Quebec
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seigneur of Île d’Anticosti ⓘ |
| influenced | French colonial expansion in the Mississippi Valley ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing French territorial claims in North America
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exploration of the Mississippi River ⓘ joint expedition with Jacques Marquette ⓘ mapping parts of the Mississippi River ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| legacy | considered one of the first significant explorers born in New France ⓘ |
| metWith |
Illinois peoples
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surface form:
Illinois Indigenous peoples
Mascouten Indigenous peoples ⓘ Mayaimi people ⓘ
surface form:
Miami Indigenous peoples
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| name | Louis Jolliet self-link ⓘ |
| notableExpedition | 1673 Mississippi River expedition ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ fur trader ⓘ |
| partnerInExpedition | Jacques Marquette ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousTraining | Jesuit novice (did not take final vows) ⓘ |
| residence |
Quebec City
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Anticosti Island ⓘ
surface form:
Île d’Anticosti
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| returnedVia | Great Lakes waterway ⓘ |
| spouse | Claire-Françoise Bissot ⓘ |
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Louis Joliet