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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: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Raphael N. Hamilton, Marquette’s Explorations: The Narratives Reexamined (1970).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 14, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Mar 25, 2024
Invalidated site: The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Marquette-Joliet Expedition. May 19, 2022
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Biography of Father Jacques Marquette. May 16, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Louis Jolliet & Jacques Marquette | PBS World Explorers. Feb 17, 2017
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Apr 10, 2014
Add new Web site: The CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Marquette-Joliet Expedition. Mar 24, 2014
Add new Web site: Wisconsin Historical Society - Biography of Jacques Marquette. May 06, 2013
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Biography of Jacques Marquette. May 06, 2013
Add new Web site: Elizabethan Era - Biography of Jacques Marquette. May 06, 2013
Add new Web site: Dictionary of Canadian Biography - Biography of Jacques Marquette. May 06, 2013
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Nov 11, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 30, 2008
Media added. Aug 28, 2008
Added new Web site: United States History - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Dec 19, 2006
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Dec 19, 2006
Added new Web site: Virtualology - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Dec 19, 2006
Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Jacques Marquette. Dec 19, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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