Jean Nicolet

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Jean Nicolet was a 17th-century French explorer and interpreter best known for being among the first Europeans to travel into the Great Lakes region of North America and make contact with Indigenous peoples there.

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instanceOf French person
explorer
human
interpreter
associatedWith Algonquin peoples NERFINISHED
Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED
Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes NERFINISHED
basedIn Quebec City NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath drowning
citizenship France
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1598
dateOfDeath 1642-10-27
employer Compagnie des Cent-Associés NERFINISHED
French colonial administration in New France NERFINISHED
era 17th century
ethnicGroup French
exploredRegion Fox River valley NERFINISHED
Great Lakes NERFINISHED
Green Bay region NERFINISHED
Lake Michigan NERFINISHED
present-day Wisconsin NERFINISHED
gender male
historicalRegion New France NERFINISHED
knownFor acting as interpreter between French colonists and Indigenous nations
being among the first Europeans to reach Lake Michigan
voyage to the region of present-day Wisconsin
languagesSpoken French
Indigenous languages of the Algonquian family
notableEvent voyage west from Quebec to the Great Lakes in the 1630s
notableFor early contact with Indigenous peoples of the western Great Lakes
early exploration of the Great Lakes region of North America
occupation explorer
interpreter
trader
partOf French colonization of North America NERFINISHED
history of Wisconsin
history of the Great Lakes
placeOfBirth Cherbourg NERFINISHED
France
Normandy NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New France NERFINISHED
near Quebec City
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
residence New France NERFINISHED
Quebec NERFINISHED
workedAs go-between in diplomacy between French and Indigenous nations

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Pays d'en Haut exploredBy Jean Nicolet