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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

1658 - 1730

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Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (, 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 trader of alcohol and furs, achieving various positions of political importance in the colony. He was the commander of Fort de Buade in St. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac has received more than 568,220 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac is the 208th most popular explorer (up from 236th in 2019), the 2,605th most popular biography from France (up from 2,805th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Explorer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ranks 208 out of 498. Before him are Estêvão Gomes, Naddodd, Thekla Resvoll, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, John Ross, and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec. After him are Lincoln Ellsworth, George W. De Long, Alejandro Malaspina, Francisco de Bobadilla, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, and Julius Klaproth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1658, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ranks 8. Before him are Mary of Modena, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Ogata Kōrin, and Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Nicolas Coustou, Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, and Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1730, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ranks 17. Before him are François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate, Ashraf Hotak, Patrona Halil, and Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha. After him are Arabella Churchill, Luca Carlevarijs, François de Troy, Hussain Hotak, and Sophia Elisabet Brenner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ranks 2,605 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Camille Maillard (1878), Margaret of Foix (1453), Aristide Bruant (1851), Henri Pescarolo (1942), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), and Émile Baudot (1845). After him are Juliette Drouet (1806), Tony Garnier (1869), Bonne of Artois (1396), Charles Lavigerie (1825), Yves Rocher (1930), and Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac ranks 23. Before him are Sophie Blanchard (1778), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867), André Thevet (1516), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), and Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734). After him are Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Pierre Poivre (1719), Francis Garnier (1839), and Freya Stark (1893).

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