David Thompson
1770-1857
English-Canadian Fur Trader, Surveyor and Explorer
David Thompson has been characterized as "one of the greatest practical land geographers the world has ever known,&#x...
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David Thompson
Born April 30, 1770, London, England Died February 10, 1857, Montreal, Quebec
David Thompson was born on April 30, 1770, in London, England. He attended a charity school that apprentic...
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David Thompson (1770-1857) was a Canadian explorer, cartographer, and surveyor. He was the first white man to descend the Columbia River from its source to its mouth.David Thompson was born at Westmin...
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Just as the British-American War of 1812 began, David Thompson, a leading North American mapmaker, explorer, and travel writer, went to Montreal for the first and only time. Forty-two years old, he ha...
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David Thompson
David Thompson
David Thompson
David Thompson