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There are no martyrs of the Great Lakes.
Most probably the first person to explore Illinois was a Native American descended from the people who came to North America from Asia. As we have no record of exactly when the first person visited Illinois, we can't know his/her name. The first Europeans to come to Illinois were fur trappers in the Ohio Valley. In 1673, Father Pierre Marquette and Louis Joliet (Jolliet) traveled down the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes, and traveled along what is now the Illinois River.
Samuel de Champlain was born in France. He founded Quebec City and was the first European to explore the Great Lakes.
John Cabot was the first person to explore the new world for England.
The people of the First Nations travelled the Great Lakes in canoes long before any Europeans did.
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