David Thompson (explorer)
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David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was an Anglo-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over Thompson's career, he travelled 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) of the continent along the way.[1] For this historic feat, Thompson has been described as the "greatest practical land geographer that the world has produced".[2]: xxxii
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Born | (1770-04-30)30 April 1770 Westminster, England |
Died | 10 February 1857(1857-02-10) (aged 86) |
Occupation(s) | Explorer and Map Maker |
Spouse | Charlotte Small |
Children | Fanny (1801), Samuel (1804), Emma (1806), John (1808), Joshuah (1811), Henry (1813), Charlotte (1815), Elizabeth (1817), William (1819), Thomas (1822), George (1824), Mary (1827), Eliza (1829) |
Parent(s) | David and Ann Thompson |
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