Gadifer de la Salle ✓ Source-based stable French explorer
Lived 1355 to 1422 · aged 67 Fame 43.4
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Languages 11
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Gadifer de La Salle was a French knight and crusader of Poitevine origin who, with Jean de Béthencourt, conquered and explored the Canary Islands for the Kingdom of Castile.
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Lived 1355 to 1422 · aged 67
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11 languages
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Historical 10
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Source confidence 60
Completeness 60
Through time 14th century
1800 1900 2010
#1,367
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![Miniature from the medieval manuscript Le Canarien [fr], depicting Gadifer de La Salle in his ship during the expedition to the Canary Islands in 1402.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Canarien.gif/330px-Canarien.gif)
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