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David Thompson
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1770 – 1857
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Who was David Thompson?
David Thompson was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived."
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- Born
- Apr 30, 1770
Westminster - Also known as
- Stargazer
- Parents
- Spouses
- Nationality
- Wales
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Montreal
- London
- Died
- Feb 10, 1857
Longueuil - Resting place
- Mount Royal Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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