French explorers who led the first French expedition down the Mississippi River.
marquette was from Laon, France and Jolliet was from a French Settlement near Quebec city, Canada
JACQUES MARQUETTE (1637-1675) LOUIS JOLLIET(sometimes spelled Joliet) (1645-1700) Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet searched together and found the waters of the Mississippi River. They were the...
Because they were the first Europeans to map the rivers of the southeast and west of Asia
to find a better future on their quingdom