becuse they were so famous
Marquette explored for a governer and he went with Louis Joliet.
In 1672 Father Jaques Marquette and Louis Joillet (Joliet) were named as leaders of an expedition to explore the Northern part of the great Mississippi River. In the following year 1673 they set off. All of their findings were mapped and documented by the two.
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According to Historians, the French King Louis XIV commissioned James Marquette and Louis Joliet to explore the American continent for expanding the French empire.
Yes his name was Louis Joliet
Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette never went as far as the Gulf of Mexico. Robert LaSalle explored the Gulf of Mexico.
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your missing part of your question
Pierre Laclede Liguest founded the city of St. Louis in November 1763. He began clearing the land for the site of the village the following February. St. Louis is located in that original site today.
New France's Governor, Frontenac funded Pere Marquette and Louis Joliet.
the Mississippi river