Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye
✓ Source-basedstableFrench Canadian fur trader and explorer (1717-1761)
Lived 1717 to 1761 · aged 44
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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.
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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.
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Lived 1717 to 1761 · aged 44
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