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Jacques Marquette, S.J. (June 1, 1637 – May 18, 1675), sometimes known as Père Marquette or James Marquette, was a French Jesuit missionary who founded Michigan's first European settlement, Sault Sainte Marie, and later founded Saint Ignace.
Aug 2, 2023 · French missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette is best known as the first European to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.
May 28, 2024 · Jacques Marquette 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.
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Jan 7, 2008 · Jacques Marquette, Jesuit priest, missionary, explorer (b at Laon, France 10 June 1637; d at the mouth of a river later called the Père Marquette R, Mich 18 May 1675). Contemporaries regarded Marquette as a gifted linguist who founded the St-Ignace Mission and opened the Illinois country to missionaries.
Learn about the life and achievements of Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary and explorer who traveled the Mississippi with Louis Jolliet in 1673. Discover his journeys, languages, missions and death in the forest.
Jacques Marquette, né le 1 er juin 1637 à Laon, Aisne et mort le 18 mai 1675, sur le bord du lac Michigan (Amérique du Nord), était prêtre et missionnaire jésuite français, et explorateur du Midwest, la région centre-nord des États-Unis.
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May 23, 2018 · Jacques Marquette (1637-1675) was a French Jesuit, missionary, and explorer who followed the Illinois and Mississippi rivers on a journey of discovery. Jacques Marquette was the son of a seigneur of Laon.
