Good Morning #Canada
#HappyBiirthday to Louis Jolliet (actually babtised on September 21, 1645) who was a French-Canadian explorer known for his discoveries in North America. In 1673, Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit Catholic priest and missionary, were the first non-Natives to explore and map the Upper Mississippi River. Jolliet also created some of the earliest and most detailed maps of the coast of Labrador.

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Louis Jolliet

Louis Jolliet, explorer, cartographer, king’s hydrographer, fur trader, seigneur, organist, teacher (baptized 21 September 1645 in Québec City; died between ...