Birthdate: April 30, 1770
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Westminster, England
Died: February 10, 1857
David Thompson excelled as an Anglo-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and cartographer. Referred to as “Koo-Koo-Sint” or “the Stargazer” by certain indigenous groups, he journeyed extensively throughout North America, covering an impressive distance of 90,000 kilometers. Thompson meticulously charted around 4.9 million square kilometers of the continent, establishing himself as the “greatest practical land geographer that the world has produced,” underscoring his substantial influence on the realm of geography.
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