Louis Joliet Research Paper
Louis Joliet was a French-Canadian explorer, born before September 21, 1645, in or around Quebec. His mom was named Marie d’Abancourt and father Jean Joliet. Joliet was the brother of Adrien Joliet, Marie Joliet and Zacharie Joliet. He was baptized on September 21, 1645. He entered a Jesuit school, and began studying to become a priest. He also studied music, becoming a skilled harpsichordist and also became a church organist. He was the husband of Claire-Françoise Bissot de la Rivière. Joliet had many kids, Louis Joliet, Charles Marie Joliet,François Joliet, Marie-Geneviève Joliet, Jean-Baptiste Jolliet and 8 others.
Joliet set out on an exploration with Jacques Marquette in 1673, looking for a passage to Asia. He went through North
America and explored and discovered land. He discovered the Mississippi River and explored places such as the Michilimackinac region, the Arkansas River, Lake Michigan, the Illinois River, and the Saint Lawrence River. Consequently, the city of Joliet, Illinois is named after him. This exploration had a problem though. Marquette died, so Joliet took a canoe with five of his crew members and a native chief’s son on a canoe, to go back to Canada. While in the Saint Lawrence River, the canoe capsized, Joliet the sole survivor. He grabbed onto a rock and a ship picked him up. He lost all of his documents and maps. In 1679, he set out to the Hudson Bay area to survey the trading relations between the English and the Native Americans. Though it was not an exploration of discovery, three failed attempts preceded Joliet. His third and final exploration, was to go to the Labrador Coast and to make detailed observations.
Louis Joliet’s explorations have had many impacts. One major result of his explorations is that they are the basis for all official regional maps. He was never granted nobility, but he was a hydrography professor from 1697-1700, until he died from disease.
Louis Joliet is a very important figure in our world today. He created the basis of all of the world’s official regional maps and discovered the largest river in America, the Mississippi River. The world would not be as well developed as it is without Louis Joliet.
Joliet set out on an exploration with Jacques Marquette in 1673, looking for a passage to Asia. He went through North
America and explored and discovered land. He discovered the Mississippi River and explored places such as the Michilimackinac region, the Arkansas River, Lake Michigan, the Illinois River, and the Saint Lawrence River. Consequently, the city of Joliet, Illinois is named after him. This exploration had a problem though. Marquette died, so Joliet took a canoe with five of his crew members and a native chief’s son on a canoe, to go back to Canada. While in the Saint Lawrence River, the canoe capsized, Joliet the sole survivor. He grabbed onto a rock and a ship picked him up. He lost all of his documents and maps. In 1679, he set out to the Hudson Bay area to survey the trading relations between the English and the Native Americans. Though it was not an exploration of discovery, three failed attempts preceded Joliet. His third and final exploration, was to go to the Labrador Coast and to make detailed observations.
Louis Joliet’s explorations have had many impacts. One major result of his explorations is that they are the basis for all official regional maps. He was never granted nobility, but he was a hydrography professor from 1697-1700, until he died from disease.
Louis Joliet is a very important figure in our world today. He created the basis of all of the world’s official regional maps and discovered the largest river in America, the Mississippi River. The world would not be as well developed as it is without Louis Joliet.