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- NAME: Louis Joliet
- OCCUPATION: Explorer
- BIRTH DATE: c. September 21, 1645
- DEATH DATE: 1700
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Quebec (then New France), Canada
- PLACE OF DEATH: Near the St. Lawrence River (then New France), Canada
- AKA: Louis Jolliet
- AKA: Louis Joliet
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Louis Joliet was a 17th century Canadian explorer who, aided by Native American communities, explored the origins of the Mississippi River.
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He returned to fur trading in 1676, setting up a business in the northern region of the St. Lawrence and also working as a merchant in the Mingan Archipelago. He took on another exploratory mission in 1679, at the behest of French colonists, to survey English and Native American trading relations in the Hudson Bay area.
Toward the end of the 17th century, Joliet was internationally known for his expeditions,
from which official regional maps were created. Joliet went on another trip in 1694 to make detailed observations of the Labrador Coast, and in 1697, became a hydrography professor at the University of Quebec. He died in 1700.
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