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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.
Louis Jolliet was born in the Colony of Quebec, in New France. As such, all his discoveries were made in the name of the King of France. Among his many achievements is the first European exploration and mapping of the Mississippi River.
He was the first European to sail the Mississippi River.
He was sent on an expedition to thr Mississippi River in the 1680s.
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