Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye
(1717-1761)
Canadian, Explorer
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Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye (9 November 1717 – 15 November 1761) was a French Canadian fur trader and explorer. He, his three brothers, and his father Pierre La Vérendrye pushed trade and exploration west from the Great Lakes. He, his brother, and two colleagues are thought to be the first Europeans to have crossed the northern Great Plains and seen the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming.
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1717 Quebec
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1761 (aged 43) Atlantic Ocean
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