Louis Jolliet (also spelled Joliet), was born in September 21, 1645 and died in the spring of may of 1700. He had been born and raised in New France. Jolliet was the first important explorer who was a European descendent and had been born in North America, which basically means that Jolliet was a French explorer who was the first European to travel down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes. <Tab/>In his …
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…of Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which was, later taken by the British while Jolliet was absent on explorations in Labrador and around Hudson Bay. In 1697, he was made royal professor of hydrography and given a small seigniory near Quebec. He later died in the summer of 1700. <Tab/>As you can see Louis Jolliet was a very important French explorer, who discovered with Marquette the upper Mississippi river.