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  1. detroithistorical.org › learn › encyclopedia-ofCadillac, Antoine de la Mothe | Detroit Historical Society

    Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe. In 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the site that would become the city of Detroit. He was born Antoine Laumet on March 5, 1658 in southern France. At the age of 25, he arrived in the New World and, as a coastal trader, soon became an expert on the continent’s Atlantic coast.

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    Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac ( / ˈkædɪlæk /, French: [kadijak]; 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. He rose from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a ...

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › Antoine-Laumet-deAntoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac | Founder of Detroit ...

    Detroit. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac (born March 5, 1658, Les Laumets, Fr.—died Oct. 15, 1730, Castelsarrasin) was a French soldier, explorer, and administrator in French North America, founder of the city of Detroit (1701), and governor of Louisiana (1710 to 1716 or 1717). Going to Canada in 1683, he fought against the Iroquois ...

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    Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac Antoine Laumet was born on March 5, 1658 in St. Nicholas de la Grave in Gascony, France (some sources say Department of Tarn and Garonne in place of Gascony). He was the fourth child of Jean Laumet, lawyer and counselor of the King at the Parliament of Toulouse, and Jeanne de Pechagut, the daughter of ...

  7. www.encyclopedia.com › people › historyAntoine De La Mothe Cadillac | Encyclopedia.com

    May 11, 2018 · Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac. Some historical controversy clouds the achievements of Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac (1658-1730), a French adventurer who in 1701 founded the first significant European post west of the Allegheny Mountains and named it Detroit. The letters that Cadillac left behind give evidence of a spirited, determined, and ...

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