Portrait of Jacques Marquette
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| Title | Portrait of Jacques Marquette |
| Description | This well-known image of Father (Pere) Marquette is from a painting by an unknown artist. |
| Interpretation | Jacques Marquette was born in Laon, France, in 1637. He became a Jesuit priest and went to New France (Canada) as a missionary at the age of twenty-three. He learned the language of the Illinois Indians and founded a mission at St. Ignace, Michilmackinac (Mich.). In May 1673 Marquette and Louis Jolliet, a French Canadian explorer set out to find the Mississippi River, which the Indians had described. They were successful in finding it and traveled as far south as the mouth of the Arkansas River |
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| Author or Creator | Illinois Heritage Association |
| Other Contributors | Alvord, Clarence Walworth, ed. The Centennial History of Illinois. Vol. 1. The Illinois Country. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Centennial Commission, 1920. |
| Language | eng |
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| Temporal Coverage | 1670~ |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois Heritage Association |
| Rights | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Resource Identifier | IHA00004 |
| Date Created | 6-27-00 |
| Collection Title | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
| Collection | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
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