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Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac
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Born March 5, 1658 • France
Died October 15, 1730 (aged 72)
Title / Office governor (1710-1717), Louisiana
Founder Detroit
Nicolas Perrot
French fur trader, official, and explorer
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle
French explorer
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
French explorer
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
French explorer
Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis
American explorer
Peter Skene Ogden
Canadian fur trader and explorer
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d'
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
French-Canadian soldier and explorer
Auguste Chouteau
American fur trader
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger
American frontiersman
Manuel Lisa
American fur trader
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac
French colonial governor
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
Francis Garnier
French naval officer
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
French ocean explorer and engineer
La Pérouse, detail from a mezzotint
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
French navigator

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