This Jesuit missionary explored the Mississippi with Louis Joliet
In 1673, Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a fur 
trader, undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled ... men in two bark 
canoes, Marquette and Joliet entered the Mississippi River and arrived... [DOC] [TLE] American Journeys Background on The Mississippi Voyage of Jolliet ... [PAR] Jacques Marquette, born in Laon, France in 1637, entered the Jesuit order in ... 
After this expedition, Marquette set off in late 1674 to build a mission among the 
... French officials commissioned Louis Joliet and Father Marquette to explore the
... [DOC] [TLE] Louis Jolliet | French-Canadian explorer | Britannica.com [PAR] The French Canadian explorer Louis Jolliet traveled the upper Mississippi River 
in 1673 along with the French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette.