David Thompson

David Thompson was a British fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer, known to some native people as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer". Over Thompson's career, he travelled 90,000 kilometres (56,000 mi) across North America, mapping 4.9 million square kilometres of the continent along the way.

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Who was born first?

• David Thompson and William Clark were born the same year
• David Thompson was born 1 year before Richard Trevithick
• David Thompson was born 1 year before Mungo Park
• David Thompson was born 1 year after Alexander von Humboldt
• David Thompson was born 1 year before George Bass

Timeline

1. Alexander von HumboldtSeptember 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859
2. David Thompson (this page)April 30, 1770 – February 10, 1857
3. William ClarkAugust 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838
4. George BassJanuary 30, 1771 – February 5, 1803
5. Mungo ParkSeptember 11, 1771 – 1806
6. Richard TrevithickApril 13, 1771 – April 22, 1833

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