2. Introduction
Do you know about Louis Joliet?
Do you know anything?
Well here you will find everything
you need to know about Louis
Joliet.
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3. Early Life
Louis Joliet was born in Quebec,
Canada 1645 September the
21st. He was son of a wagon
maker. Louis Joliet’s father died
when he was only 6 years old.
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4. Louis Joliet entered the
roman catholic church of
Jesus. He went to Jesuit
School and was well
educated, but he had an
adventurous spirit so he
got a job.
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5. First Job
Louis Joliet’s followed Lucien’s
footsteps. Lucien traded gun’s,
knives and other item’s. Louis
Joliet’s first job was a fur
trader. He was working with the
native Indians in Canada.
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6. First Journey
Louis Joliet was commissioned by
the French governor of Quebec.
The governor was called Louis De
Bande. Joliet set off with Jacques
Marquette to explore the
Mississippi river.
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7. Jacques Marquette was a priest
from the school Jesuit. ( That was
the same school Joliet went to).
And so they set off on an
adventure.
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10. Timeline of Louis Joliet
1645 September 21st Louis Joliet is born in Quebec,
Canada
1672 Commisioned By french governer Louis De
Bande to explore the mississippi with Marquette
1673 Louis Joliet finds out that the Mississippi
doesn’t run to the pacific ocean
1674 After a long journey back home Joliet arrives
back in Quebec
11. 1675 Louis Joliet marries Clair Franciose
1680 The fort Joliet was staying in is captured and
Joliet’s wife is slaved
1693 Joliet is appointed royal hydrographer
1700 Louis Joliet dies in Anticosti, Canada
12. The compass was used by
Louis Joliet to point him in
the direction North. Once
your pointing North it’s easy
to find the other direction’s
East, South and West.
Without this lovely
inventiona lot of explorers
wouldn’t have discovered
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their destination.
