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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Date of birth | 30 April 1770
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Place of birth | Westminster, London, England
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Date of death | 10 February 1857
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Place of death | Longueuil, Canada East
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Resting place | Cimetière Mont-Royal, Outremont, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada
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Occupation | Explorer and Map Maker
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Net worth | $1,000,000 USD
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