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Jean Nicolet (auch Nicollet; * um 1598 wahrscheinlich in Cherbourg, Frankreich; † 27. Oktober [1] 1642 bei Sillery (Québec), Kanada) war ein französischer Entdecker. Nicolet war der erste Europäer, der den Michigansee entdeckte. Er erkundete auch das Gebiet, das heute den US-Staat Wisconsin bildet.
Jean Nicolet (Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (c. 1598 – October 1642) was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and being the first European to set foot in what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Jean Nicolet (born 1598, Cherbourg, France—died Nov. 1, 1642, Sillery, Que., Can.) was a French North American explorer who was the first known European to discover Lake Michigan and what is now the state of Wisconsin.
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Learn about Jean Nicollet, a French interpreter, explorer and colonist who discovered Lake Superior and the Winnebago people. Find out his biography, his travels, his achievements and his legacy in the history of North America.
Jean Nicolet (né à Hainneville ou à Cherbourg 1 en 1598 et mort le 28 octobre 1642 près de Québec) était un coureur des bois français connu pour avoir exploré le lac Michigan, l' île Mackinac, Green Bay et avoir été le premier Européen à mettre les pieds dans ce qui est aujourd'hui l'État américain du Wisconsin.
14. Mai 2018 · A skillful negotiator with Native people and with influential members of colonial society, Nicolet is representative of a handful of able intermediaries who helped shape Franco-Native relations in New France's early years.
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN, interpreter and clerk of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, liaison officer between the French and the First Nations, explorer; b. c. 1598, probably at Cherbourg (Normandy), son of Thomas Nicollet, king’s postal courier between Cherbourg and Paris, and of Marie de Lamer; drowned near Sillery in 1642.
