Wisconsin was discovered by Jean Nicolet in 1634, while looking for the Northwest Passage to China.
French explorer Jacques Marquette found Wisconsin in 1673, and Wisconsin was made a state in 1848.
Jean Nicollet was a French explorer, and he was the first European to go through the Great Lakes and discover what is now called Wisconsin. He discovered Wisconsin in 1954.
The first explorer was Jean Nicolet but there were many Native Americans living there long before that.
There were native Americans in Wisconsin for about 10,000 years. The earliest people were the Oneota. These people eventually became the Sauk, Fox, Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago). French explorer, Jean Nicolet, did not come to Wisconsin until 1634.
The Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin is named for the French explorer Jean Nicolet, who first 'discovered' Wisconsin when searching for the Northwest Passage by crossing Lake Michigan in the early 1600's.
name the french explorer who was the first to come to wisconsin
It wasn't discovered because it all ready was there.
Jean Nicolet
Magellan was the Spanish explorer who discovered South of Chile in 1529.
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discovered wisconsin in 1634
Jean Nicolet was a French explorer who was the first white man in Wisconsin.