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What did Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette discover about the Mississippi River?
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The main discovery of Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette concerning the Mississippi River was that it emptied into the Gulf of Mexico. Before that, the terminus of the great river was not known to Europeans.
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Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette found and followed what river?
the Mississippi river
What is the country that Joliet and Marquette explored the Mississippi river for?
He Worked for France to discover the Mississippi River
What to frenchmen explored the mississippi river by canoe in 1670?
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
What did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet hope the Mississippi would help them find?
A route to Asia... :)
Who sponsored Jacques marquette and Louis joliet voyage to Mississippi river?
The Canadian governor (Frontenac)
The first European to see the Mississippi'?
Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette (and five others) found the Mississippi River in 1673.
Who were Marquette and Jolliet?
French explorers who led the first French expedition down the Mississippi River.
What did Jacques marquette and Louis joliet hope to find?
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet hoped to find a water route to the Pacific Ocean while exploring the Mississippi River in the 17th century. They were searching for a quicker trade route to Asia.
Marquette and JOliet followed the Mississippi river as far south as which tributary?
Marquette and Joliet followed the Mississippi river south to the Arkansas river. Marquette and Joliet made their exploration trip in 1673.
What country did Joliet and Marquette explore the Mississippi River for?
Joliet and Marquette explored for the King of France.
Who found the Mississippi river?
The explorer that Decovered the Mississippi River was Louis Joliet (1645-1700) and one of his voyagers Maquette.
Who is the first French explorer to reach the mouth of the Mississippi river?
Pierre Le Moyne explored the Mississippi river at July 9, 1708that was Marquette and Joliet.
