# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-joseph-gaultier-de-la-verendrye
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:07:35.030Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-joseph-gaultier-de-la-verendrye"
name: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye"
slug: "louis-joseph-gaultier-de-la-verendrye"
description: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye was a fur trader and explorer from New France. 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."
tagline: "French Canadian fur trader and explorer (1717-1761)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verendrye-map.gif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1717-11-09"
deathDate: "1761-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             6.529255319148937
  historical:           7.444748000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de la Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لويس چوزيف جوتييه دى لا فيريندرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Gaultier_de_la_V%C3%A9rendrye"
    title: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de la Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوئیس جوزف گوتیه، د لا ورندری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Gaultier_de_La_V%C3%A9rendrye"
    title: "Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "루이조제프 고티에 드 라 베랑드리"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump