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  2. Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (/ ˈ k æ d ɪ l æ k /, French:; March 5, 1658 – October 16, 1730), born Antoine Laumet, was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, which stretched from Eastern Canada to Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico.

  3. Aug 18, 2015 · The Shocking Origin and History of the Cadillac Emblem. The Cadillac emblem as we know is began as the family crest of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the founder of the city of Detroit.

  4. Feb 21, 2023 · Cadillac's emblem is directly based on the coat of arms of Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the colorful and imaginative French founder of Detroit. Thus the iconography...

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  5. The Cadillac logo draws inspiration from the coat of arms of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the founding father of Detroit (yes, the city!) who also lent his name to the car brand. This emblem ...

  6. Cadillac's emblem is directly based on the coat of arms of Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, the colorful and imaginative French founder of Detroit. Thus the iconography comes from a tradition of European heraldry during the age of exploration and colonization of the New World.

  7. May 16, 2014 · Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit, and the descendants of the Earl of Toulouse are not only immortalized by their names, but also by their coat of arms that can be found in the Cadillac blazon [shield]. The blazon has been updated about thirty times.

  8. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, a French explorer and soldier, founded the City of Detroit in 1701. “Detroit” means “strait” and this strait between Lake Erie and Lake Saint Clair was called Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit after the minister of colonies in France.

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