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Forgotten Man Jean Nicolet Recall Across Michigan Wisconsin
A long overdue tercentennial tribute marks Jean Nicolet, 1598 Cherbourg born explorer, as the forgotten man who first reached Lake Michigan and the Wisconsin region. His 1634 voyage with Jesuits opened talks with the Winnebago and Fox rivers, ending with a famed but tragic St. Lawrence death in 1642.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson Uring
Jean Nicolet
de Bole
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mackinac Island
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Madison
Edwin Willard Deming
Nicolet
Green Bay
Mackinac
Michigan Daughters of the American Revolution
Daughters of 1812
Michigan Historical Commission
Cherbourg
France
Atlantic
Champlain
Tela Des Allumettes
Ottawa River
God
Nico- Jet
Marco Polo
China
Three Rivers
Que
Fathers Brebeuf
Daniel
Davost
Winnebago
William Henry Johnson
North America
Cipanga
Japan
Fox River
Mexico
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Boboks