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The following is a list of French people known as explorers. Before 1500. Jean de Béthencourt (Canary Islands) Gadifer de la Salle (Canary Islands) 16th century
Samuel de Champlain (French: [samɥɛl də ʃɑ̃plɛ̃]; 13 August 1574 [2] [Note 1] [Note 2] – 25 December 1635) was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye (17 November 1685 – 5 December 1749) was a French Canadian military officer, fur trader, and explorer. [1] In the 1730s, he and his four sons explored the area west of Lake Superior and established trading posts there.
French: France de Lapérouse,Jean François de Galaup,comte Portuguese: Portugal and England Lavrador, João Fernandes Russian: Russia and Britain Lazarev, Mikhail Petrovich * Portuguese: Portugal de Lemos, Gaspar Russian: Russia Litke, Fyodor Petrovich * Portuguese
Pages in category "French explorers" The following 153 pages are in this category, out of 153 total. ... Henri Lambert (explorer) René Goulaine de Laudonnière ...
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a location where troops assemble prior to a battle. While this figurative meaning also exists in French, the first and literal meaning of point d'appui is a fixed point from which a person or thing executes a movement (such as a footing in climbing or a pivot). porte-cochère an architectural term referring to a kind of porch or portico-like ...