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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.
May 28, 2024 · 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
From this volume emerges a vivid, active, vigorous Jacques Marquette who dearly loved and profoundly understood the indigenous peoples of the Americas as few other missionaries did. Contents Foreword
