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Jacques Marquette

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Père (Father) Marquette
Born:
June 1, 1637, Laon, Fr.
Died:
May 18, 1675, Ludington, Mich. (aged 37)
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Jacques Marquette, (born June 1, 1637, Laon, Fr.—died May 18, 1675, Ludington, Mich.), 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 mid-May 1673 he left St. Ignace with Jolliet, who had been commissioned by Louis, comte de Frontenac, governor of New France, to find the direction and the ...(100 of 252 words)

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