Jolliet
Americannoun
noun
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The report also recommends taking down tablets dedicated to explorers De La Salle, Jolliet and Marquette.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
His later explorations have been the subject of long controversy—the point in dispute being whether he explored the Mississippi before or after Marquette and Jolliet.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Jolliet and Marquette in 1673 reached the Mississippi, and descended as far as the mouth of the Arkansas.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
To Jolliet is reasonably assigned the first discovery of the Mississippi.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by LeSueur, William Dawson
Count Frontenac, the governor of Canada, thought the matter of sufficient importance to send Louis Jolliet with an outfit to join the missionary in searching for the stream.
From Heroes of the Middle West The French by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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