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yes David Tompson is a famous explorer.

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What is David Thompson famous for?

David Thompson did not really find anything he was more of an explorer and a surveyor, David Thompson was born in Westminster on April 30th 1770. His mother and his father were David and Ann Thompson. Thompson's father died when David was 2 years of age and because of financial troubles His brother and him were placed in a school for the disadvantaged of Westminster called the grey coat hospital. David Thompson graduated and was then introduced to the basic navigational skills. In the year of 1874 when he was 14 he started a 17 year apprenticeship with the HBC and set sail to the new world on may 28th 1874. On December 23 1788 Thompson fractured his leg and had to spend the next 2 winters in the Cumberland House of Convalescing and there and then he was mentored under Philip Turnor and there was where he honed his mathematical, astronomical and surveying skills. In 1790 his apprenticeship was nearing its end. In the time length between1790-1792 he entered the HBC as a fur trader and mapped his first route to Lake Athabasca. Thompson worked with the HBC until 1797 and it was after that when he was employed in the North West Company. He was also a fur trader and surveyor there. In 1798 the North West Company sent Thompson to "Red Deer Lake" to create a trading post. For the next few years Thompson led several expeditions into the Rocky Mountains. In 1804 Thompson was made a full member of the North West Company.


Did David Thompson work good with native people?

NO!


Why did david Thompson want to explore?

David Thompson wanted to map North America. Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometers of North America.


What part of Canada did David Tompson explore?

David Thompson explored the entire place of Canada ok. He was 86 when he died.


Who founded a fishing settlement that became part of the New Hampshire colony?

David Thompson

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