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Mathieu da Costa

Canadian explorer

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Updated 2026-07-18

Mathieu da Costa was an Afro-French member of the exploring party of Pierre Dugua, the Sieur de Monts, and Samuel de Champlain that travelled from France to the New World in the early 17th century. He was the first recorded free black person to arrive on the territory of today's Canada.

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