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| Title | Portrait of Jacques Marquette |
| Coverage / Year | c. 1670 |
| 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, Michigan. 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 |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | French in Illinois; Settling in the Midwest; Differing Views of the Great Awakening |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 17 Geography; 18 Social systems; |
| 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.
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| Subject / Keywords | Discovery & exploration; French Colonial Period; Fur trade; Missionaries; Marquette, Pere Jacques, 1636-1675; Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700 |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois Heritage Association
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | IHA00004 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 78.jpg |
