Joliet, Louis

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• Joliet, Louis — altJoliet o Jolliet, Louis/alt ► (1645 1700) Explorador y jesuita francés. Exploró la región de los Grandes Lagos y precisó el curso del Mississippi …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Louis Jolliet — (sieur de Jolliet) Escultura de Louis Jolliet realizada por Alfred Laliberté y emplazada en el frente del edificio del Parlamento de Quebec …   Wikipedia Español

• Louis Joliet —     Louis Joliet     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Louis Joliet     (Or JOLLIET).     Louis Joliet, a discoverer and the son of a wagon maker, was born at Quebec, Canada, on 21 September 1645; d. in Canada, May 1700. He gave great promise of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Louis Jolliet — Louis Jolliet, also known as Louis Joliet with only one L (September 21, 1645 ndash; 1700), was a French Canadian explorer. Jolliet is important for his discoveries in North America. Jolliet and missionary Father Jacques Marquette, a Catholic… …   Wikipedia

• joliet — ● joliet, joliette adjectif Littéraire. Assez joli ; mignon. Joliet (Louis) (1645 1700) explorateur québécois. Il descendit le cours du Mississippi (1672 1673), explora la baie d Hudson (1679) et le Labrador (1694). ⇒JOLIET, ETTE, adj. Vieilli.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Joliet — Joliet, Louis ► C. de E.U.A, en el NE del estado de Illinois; 80 378 h (área metropolitana, 155 500 h) …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Joliet — There are several things named Joliet:*Louis Jolliet, a 17th century explorer of North America *Joliet, Illinois, United States, a city named after Louis Jolliet **Joliet Prison *Joliet, Montana, United States *Joliet (file system), an extension… …   Wikipedia

• Louis Jolliet — noun French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645 1700) • Syn: ↑Jolliet, ↑Joliet, ↑Louis Joliet • Instance Hypernyms: ↑explorer, ↑adventurer …   Useful english dictionary

• Louis Jolliet — devant l hôtel du Parlement de Québec Signature de Louis Jolliet (1645 1700). Louis Jol …   Wikipédia en Français

• Joliet (Illinois) — Joliet Lage in Illinois …   Deutsch Wikipedia