Painting
The Landing of Jean Nicolet
| Jean Nicolet (1598-1642) was the first European to see Wisconsin and was a prominent French explorer who, for many years, lived among the Indians of Quebec. In 1634, Samuel de Champlain, the Governor of New France, sent Nicolet west on a journey to explore the great interior. According to the records of the Catholic Jesuit missionaries, Nicolet and his seven companions traveled from Quebec via Lake Huron, through the straits of Mackinac into Lake Michigan, stopping at the shores of what is now Green Bay. Nicolet expected to encounter Asian peoples. He donned a Chinese damask robe to greet them but met, instead, a small group of Menomonee Indians. Believing that Nicolet was a son of the gods, the Menomonee celebrated with a great feast in his honor. |
| Image ID: | 1870 |
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| Creation Date: | 1904 |
| Creator Name: | Deming, Edwin Willard |
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| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | WHS Museum Collection |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | Museum 1942.487 |
| Original Dimensions: | unknown |
| The image appeared in the June section of the 1948 Wisconsin Historical Calendar. |
| Clothing and dress |
| Boats |
| Clothing |
| Menominee people |
| Voyages and travels |
| Special days |
| Explorers |
| Men |
| Michigan, Lake |
| Shorelines |
| Trees |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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