Thompson, David, 1770-1857
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Name (Latin)
Thompson, David, 1770-1857
Date of birth
1770-04-30
Date of death
1857-02-10
Field of activity
Cartography
Discoveries in geography
Fur trade
Geography
Surveying
Occupation
Geographers
Surveyors
Cartographers
Explorers
Fur traders
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- worked for Hudson's Bay Company from 1784 until 1797; worked for the Northwest Company from 1797 until 1812 ( (HBC Heritage website, viewed on May 23, 2019:) )
- LAC internal file, May 23, 2019(access point: Thompson, David, 1770-1857; born 30 April 1770 in London, England; died 10 February 1857 in Longueuil, Canada East; explorer, cartographer, surveyor; worked as fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company; official geographer for the Northwest Company from 1799-1814)
- Henry, A.Journals.
- Nisbet, J. Degrees of discovery, 1994:CIP t.p. (David Thompson) data sheet (early 19th cent. Canadian explorer; 1st European to explore length of Columbia River; cartographer, fur trader)
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David Thompson (1770-1857)
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Wikipedia description:
David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was a British 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. For this historic feat, Thompson has been described as the "greatest practical land geographer that the world has produced".
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