The Misunderstood Mission of Jean Nicolet: Uncovering the Story of the 1634 Journey - Jung, Patrick J.
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"While it is common knowledge that Jean Nicolet was the first European to visit Wisconsin in 1634, the general public is usually surprised to learn that this story is based upon a mere four pages of text. Due to this paucity of evidence, historians for the last 150 years have written often grossly inaccurate descriptions of Nicolet's westward voyage. Over the past few decades, many of these factual missteps and errors have been corrected, and thus, we now have a much clearer understanding of Nicolet and his mission to the Puans (also known as the Ho-Chunk Indians). Nevertheless, much…mehr

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"While it is common knowledge that Jean Nicolet was the first European to visit Wisconsin in 1634, the general public is usually surprised to learn that this story is based upon a mere four pages of text. Due to this paucity of evidence, historians for the last 150 years have written often grossly inaccurate descriptions of Nicolet's westward voyage. Over the past few decades, many of these factual missteps and errors have been corrected, and thus, we now have a much clearer understanding of Nicolet and his mission to the Puans (also known as the Ho-Chunk Indians). Nevertheless, much misinformation remains uncorrected. This book synthesizes the most recent research about Nicolet and his superior, Samuel de Champlain, because understanding Champlain's career is crucial to an accurate interpretation of Nicolet's journey. Recent archaeological research also reveals significant details about the Puan Indians whom Nicolet visited, and the search for the Northwest Passage provides a framework that places Nicolet's story within a transnational context."--Provided by publisher.
Autorenporträt
Patrick J. Jung is a professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in history and anthropology from Marquette University in 19997 and has published three books on Indian-white relations in the upper Mississippi River valley and the western Great Lakes: The Black Hawk War of 1832; The Nicolet Corrigenda: New France Revisited with coauthor Nancy Oestreich Lurie; and The Battle of Wisconsin Heights: Thunder on the Wisconsin. He has also published two articles on Jean Nicolet: "The Chinese Robe and Other Myths: The Real Story of Jean Nicolet" in Voyageur: Northeast Wisconsin's Historical review (Winter-Spring 2010) and "Jean Nicolet (Again): Comment on Ronald J. Mason's 'Where Nicolet and the Winnebagoes First Met'" in Wisconsin Archeologist (July-December 2014).