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Explorers of Canada
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The list Explorers of Canada includes
Marie-Anne Gaboury, Henry Hudson, David Thompson (explorer), Salvador Fidalgo and Elisha Kane.
The list consists of 176 members
and 2 sublists.
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Country in North America
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Marie-Anne Gaboury
French explorer
Overview: Marie-Anne Lagimodière (née Gaboury; 15 August 1780 – 14 December 1875) was a French-Canadian woman noted as both the grandmother of Louis Riel, and as the first woman of European descent to travel to ...Date of birth: 2 August 1780Date of death: 14 December 1875Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: CanadianOccupation: RelativeGender: FemalePartner: Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière (Married)
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Henry Hudson
British artist
Overview: Henry Hudson (born 1982, Bath) is a British artist who lives and works in London. He is best known for his use of Plasticine as his artistic medium in the creation of textured ‘paintings’. Hudson's most ... 0
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David Thompson (explorer)
Canadian explorer
Overview: David Thompson (30 April 1770 – 10 February 1857) was a British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native peoples as Koo-Koo-Sint or "the Stargazer". Over Thompson's career ...Date of birth: 30 April 1770Date of death: 10 February 1857Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Salvador Fidalgo
Spanish explorer
Overview: Salvador Fidalgo y Lopegarcía (6 August 1756 – 27 September 1803) was a Spanish explorer. He commanded an exploring expedition for Spain to Alaska and the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century ...Date of birth: 6 August 1756Date of death: 27 September 1803Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Elisha Kane
American explorer
Overview: Elisha Kent Kane (February 3, 1820 – February 16, 1857) was an American explorer, and a medical officer in the United States Navy during the first half of the 19th century. He was a member of two Arctic ...Date of birth: 28 February 1820Date of death: 16 February 1857Age: 36 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Étienne Brûlé
French explorer of Canada (c.1592 - c.1633)
Overview: Étienne Brûlé (c.– c. June 1633) was the first European explorer to journey beyond the St. Lawrence River into what is now known as Canada. He spent much of his early adult life among the Hurons, and ...Date of birth: 1592Date of death: June 1633Age: 40 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
Canadian politician
Overview: Sir Alexander Mackenzie (or MacKenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair MacCoinnich, 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer. He is known for his overland crossing of what is now Canada to reach the Pacific ...Date of birth: 1764Date of death: 12 March 1820Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: ScottishOccupation: Explorer 0
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John Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1500)
Overview: John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earlies ...Date of birth: 1450Date of death: 1498Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: ItalianOccupation: Explorer 0
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Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer
Overview: Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; 16 July 1872 – c.) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He led the first expedition to traverse ...Date of birth: 16 July 1872Date of death: 18 June 1928Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: NorwegianOccupation: Explorer 0
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James Knight (explorer)
English explorer and HBC directorOverview: James Knight (c.–c.) was an English director of the Hudson's Bay Company and an explorer who disappeared on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage.Date of birth: 1640Date of death: 1722Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: EnglishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Robert Gray (sea captain)
American Merchant Sea Captain (1755–1806)
Overview: Robert Gray (May 10, 1755 – c.) was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 1790 ...Date of birth: 10 May 1755Date of death: 1806Age: 50 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Explorer 0
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Alessandro Malaspina
Spanish explorer
Overview: Alejandro Malaspina (November 5, 1754 – April 9, 1810) was a Tuscan explorer who spent most of his life as a Spanish naval officer. Under a Spanish royal commission, he undertook a voyage around the world ...Date of birth: 5 November 1754Date of death: 9 April 1810Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: ItalianOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Henry Larsen (explorer)
20th-century Canadian Arctic explorer
Overview: Henry Asbjørn Larsen (September 30, 1899 – October 29, 1964) was a Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born on a small island, Herføl, south of Fredrikstad in Norway. Like his hero, Roald Amundsen ...Date of birth: 30 September 1899Date of death: 29 October 1964Age: 65 (age at death)Occupation: Explorer 0
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Edward Belcher
British naval officer (1799–1877)
Overview: Admiral Sir Edward Belcher CB KCB (27 February 1799 – 18 March 1877) was a British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer. Born in Nova Scotia, he was the great-grandson of Governor Jonathan Belcher ...Date of birth: 27 February 1799Date of death: 18 March 1877Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Jean Nicolet
French, Explorer
Overview: Jean Nicolet (Nicollet), Sieur de Belleborne (ca. 1598 – October 1642) was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and being the first European to ...Date of birth: 1598Date of death: 1 November 1642Age: 44 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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John Franklin
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
Overview: Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two ...Date of birth: 16 April 1786Date of death: 11 June 1847Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: EnglishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Henri de Tonti
Italian-French military officer and explorer in North America (1649–1704)
Overview: Henri de Tonti (né Enrico Tonti; c.– September 1704), also spelled Henri de Tonty, was a Sicilian-born French military officer, explorer, and voyageur who assisted René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ...Date of birth: 1649Date of death: September 1704Age: 55 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America
Overview: René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States ...Date of birth: 22 November 1643Date of death: 19 March 1687Age: 43 (age at death)Nationality: FrenchOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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John Rae (explorer)
Scottish explorer
Overview: John Rae FRS FRGS (Inuktitut: ᐊᒡᓘᑲ, 30 September 1813 – 22 July 1893) was a Scottish surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada.Date of birth: 30 September 1813Date of death: 22 July 1893Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: BritishOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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Giovanni da Verrazzano
Florentine explorer of North America for France (1485–1528)
Overview: Giovanni da Verrazzano ( VERR-ə-ZAH-noh, -ət-SAH-, often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian (Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France ...Date of birth: 1485Date of death: 1528Age: 42 (age at death)Nationality: ItalianOccupation: ExplorerGender: Male 0
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