Use the 1673 journal of Father Jacques Marquette to introduce students to the early exploration of Wisconsin |
Supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
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Chapter 4 description and supplemental materials for the 4th-grade textbook, 'Wisconsin: Our State Our Story' |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Girolamo Benzoni (1519-1570) was an Italian from Milan who spent the years 1541-1556 in the New World. His observations of Spanish imperialism were publish... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from the Laudonnière Expedition in South Carolina, ca. 1564. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) during the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Drake Expedition near Rio de la Plata, Brazil, ca. 1578. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Drake Expedition on coast of California, ca. 1579. Francis Drake on the Coast of New Albion, California. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1610. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from Jamestown Settlement in which the brothers of Pocahontas visit her. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614. The Chickahominy tribe's proximity to Jamestown meant they had early contact with the English.... |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) during the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564. |
Date: | 1655 |
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Description: | Scene near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, 1614 in which Ralph Hamor tells Powhatan that he has been sent by Sir Thomas Dale to request his youngest daug... |
Date: | 1632 |
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Description: | The Wisconsin portion of Champlain's 1632 map, augmented since the previous one, for navigation according to the true Meridien, by Sieur de Champlain. The ... |
Date: | 1688 |
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Description: | This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river... |
Explorer and Trader |
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Biography of Daniel Greysolon Sieur Duluth who helped protect the Wisconsin area against raids of the Iroquois. |
French Explorer |
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Biography of French explorer Jean Nicolet, believed to be the first European to see Wisconsin. |
Fur Trader and Explorer |
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Brief biography of Médard Chouart des Groseilliers who was a fur trader and explorer. |
An Unreliable Text and Other Evidence |
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Wisconsin History books teach that Jean Nicolet was the first white person to reach the state, but he may have been the second. |
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