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Jolliet
also Jo·li·et (jōˈlē-ĕtˌ, jōˌlē-ĕtˈ, zhô-lyāˈ), Louis 1645-1700.
French-Canadian explorer of the upper Mississippi Valley who with Jacques Marquette sighted the Mississippi River on June 17, 1673, and descended it to the mouth of the Arkansas River.
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