On his birthday, Frenchman Jacques Marquette discovers the Mississippi River

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An explorer and a Christian cleric, the first Frenchman to cross the Mississippi River in 1673, is Jacques Marcette, whose birthday is today, born on June 1, 1656, and in the next few lines we review his life.

Jacques Marquette, a French Christian and French explorer, was born in Laon, France, educated in schools run by Jesuit priests. In 1656 he joined the Jesuit system and spent ten years studying in France. In 1666 he was sent to New France, a French province in North America .

Jacques was the first Frenchman to cross the Mississippi River in 1673 and measured most of his length with his companion Louis Juliet. They were delegated by the new French governor of Count de Frontenac to explore the estuary of the Mississippi River. They traveled westward toward Green Bay, Wisconsin, and went toward the Fox River to the Wisconsin River. And reached the mouth of the Arkansas River, knowing that the Mississippi was pouring into hostile Spanish territory. In mid-July, they returned through the Illinois River and reached Green Bay.

In 1674, Market began his journey from Green Bay in Wisconsin to establish a missionary mission between the Casca Indians in Ottawa, Illinois. There was a market disease and spent the winter in a hut on the Chicago River, reaching its destination in the spring of 1675, but its health worsened. His journey to St. Ignace; to obtain medical aid, but he died by road on 18 May 1675 AD.