David Thompson (explorer)

David Thompson (explorer)

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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, he traveled some 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) of North America 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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David Thompson was born on Monday, 30 April 1770 in Westminster, London, England. He was best known as an explorer. Thompson's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. He died on Tuesday, 10 February 1857 in Longueuil, Canada East at the age of 86. He is buried at Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada. He had salt and pepper hair (color). His net worth was reported to be $1,000,000 US dollars. His zodiac star sign was Taurus.

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30 April 1770
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Westminster, London, England
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10 February 1857
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Longueuil, Canada East
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Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
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Explorer and Map Maker
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