| LC control no. | n 50008335 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thompson, David, 1770-1857 |
| Associated place | Canada |
| Birth date | 1770-04-30 |
| Death date | 1857-02-10 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | Longueuil (Québec) |
| Field of activity | Fur trade Discoveries in geography Cartography Geography Surveying lcsh |
| Affiliation | Hudson's Bay Company North West Company |
| Profession or occupation | Fur traders Explorers Cartographers Geographers Surveyors |
| Found in | Henry, A. Journals. Nisbet, J. Degrees of discovery, 1994: CIP t.p. (David Thompson) data sheet (early 19th cent. Canadian explorer; 1st European to explore length of Columbia River; cartographer, fur trader) LAC internal file, May 23, 2019 (access point: Thompson, David, 1770-1857; born 30 April 1770 in London, England; died 10 February 1857 in Longueuil, Canada East; explorer, cartographer, surveyor; worked as fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company; official geographer for the Northwest Company from 1799-1814) HBC Heritage website, viewed on May 23, 2019: (worked for Hudson's Bay Company from 1784 until 1797; worked for the Northwest Company from 1797 until 1812) <http://www.hbcheritage.ca/people/explorers/david-thompson> |
| National bib agency no. | 0103K6808E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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