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Marquette, Jacques Map of the present-day United States showing the routes taken by early European explorers, each route marked in a different color and labeled in the legend. Major expeditions include those of De Soto, Coronado, Jolliet and Marquette, La Salle, Escalante and Dominguez, Lewis and Clark, Pike, Smith, and Walker, with paths traversing regions from the Atlantic and Gulf coasts through the Midwest to California and the Pacific Northwest. Modern state and international boundaries are also shown for ref Map showing the 1673 route of explorers Jolliet and Marquette along the Mississippi River, marked in red. The route begins near St. Ignace by Lake Michigan, passes through present-day Wisconsin and Illinois, and follows the Mississippi River southward, ending in present-day Arkansas. Modern state boundaries and major rivers are labeled for reference.
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Jacques Marquette

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Jacques Marquette (born June 1, 1637, Laon, Fr.—died May 18, 1675, Ludington, Mich.) was a French Jesuit missionary explorer who, with Louis Jolliet, travelled down the Mississippi River and reported the first accurate data on its course. Marquette arrived in Quebec in 1666. After a study of Indian languages, he assisted in founding a mission at Sault Ste. Marie (now in Michigan) in 1668, and another at St. Ignace (now in Michigan) in 1671. In...

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