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  1. Apr 30, 2024 · David Thompson (born April 30, 1770, London, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1857, Longeuil, Lower Canada [now Quebec]) was an English explorer, geographer, and fur trader in the western parts of what are now Canada and the United States. He was the first white man to explore the Columbia River from source to mouth.

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  2. Apr 23, 2024 · The British explorer David Thompson is sometimes credited with the first discovery (1811) of a set of Sasquatch footprints, and hundreds of alleged prints have been adduced since then. The Sasquatch legend grew in 1924, after five gold prospectors claimed to have had a violent encounter with “gorilla men” in a gorge (now called Ape Canyon ...

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  3. May 9, 2024 · The British explorer David Thompson is sometimes credited with the first discovery (1811) of a set of Sasquatch footprints, and hundreds of alleged prints have been adduced since then. Visual sightings and even alleged photographs and filmings (notably by Roger Patterson at Bluff Creek, California, in 1967) have also contributed to the legend ...

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    • 2020
  4. May 9, 2024 · As far as we know, David Thomson [also Thompson], his wife Amias, and a party of perhaps seven to 10 indentured servants landed their ship Jonathan at what is now Odiorne Point in Rye in April of 1623. The claim is arguably correct. Rye and other surrounding towns were once part of the New Hampshire settlement officially named Portsmouth in 1653.

  5. 1 day ago · David Livingstone (1813–1873) is a Scottish explorer and missionary who sought to convert the locals to Christianity and expand British colonization, all the while discovering lakes and rivers within Africa's interior. Roald Amundsen (1872–1928) was an explorer of the polar regions.

  6. Apr 30, 2024 · Death dateFriday, February 23, 1855. Carl Friedrich Gauss is the most famous person born on April 30. They were born on a Wednesday. They were 77 years, 9 months and 24 days old when they died. Their most notable profession was Mathematician .

  7. May 12, 2024 · Genealogy for David THOMPSON (1884 - d.) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. People Projects Discussions Surnames

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