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Louis Jolliet was born
Louis Jolliet was born in 1645 -
Jolliet starts exploring
Louis joined his brothers to explore -
a brother been vanished
the french governor told the big brother to find copper unfortunaly he didn't find any and while sailing home he vanished and he was never heard of again -
first exploration
in 1672 the governor chose Louis to lead an expedition to search for the missisipi river -
jolliet returns
Louis returns from his expedition -
second expedition
louis went back to missisipi but first he traveled through whats now Winsconsin as Jolliet padle down to missisipi he realized that the river flowed south not west -
reward
Louis got a reward for his services -
hydrographs
from 1678-1694 on many expeditions jolliet made many hydrographs or maps of navigable waters -
present day labrador
jolliet explored the coast of present day labrador -
a king in quebec
louis was appointed hydrographer of the king with headquarters in Quebec -
jolliet dies
louis jolliet died in 1700 what read didn't say why he died
