Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe, 1658-1730
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Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe, 1658-1730
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Lamothe-Cadillac, Antoine de, 1658-1730
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Lamothe-Cadillac, Antoine de, 1658-1730
Cadillac, Antoine De La Mothe, Sieur De
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Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe 1656 (ca.)-1730
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De Lamothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet 1658-1730
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Cadillac, Antoine de Lamothe 1658-1730
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Laumet, Antoine
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Laumet, Antoine
Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de la Mothe 1658-1730
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Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de la Mothe 1658-1730
Lamothe-Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de 1658-1730
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Lamothe-Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de 1658-1730
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Lamothe-Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de 1658-1730
Mothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de la 1658-1730
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Mothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de la 1658-1730
Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe- 1658-1730
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Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, Antoine 1658-1730
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Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, Antoine 1658-1730
Mothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de la 1658-1730
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La Mothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de, 1658-1730
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La Mothe Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de, 1658-1730
Laumet, Antoine 1658-1730
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Laumet, Antoine 1658-1730
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French army officer and governor of Louisiana colony.
Fur trader, military officer, and founder of Detroit.
Born in Les Laumets, France in 1658, Cadillac was a trader and privateer in Acadia from 1683-1691, when he moved to Québec and received a commission in the naval troops. A protegé of Frontenac, he served as commandant at Michilimackinac from 1693-1697. He established a settlement at Detroit, where he remained from 1701-1710, to prevent English expansion, and to control the fur trade with Indian tribes to the west. He served as governor of Louisiana from 1710-1717, before returning to France in 1718.
The founder of Detroit, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, was born in Languedoc, France in 1658, the son of Jean de la Mothe, a counselor in the parliament of Toulouse.
He came to Canada about 1683 and engaged in the fur trade. He married Therese de Guyon. In 1694 Cadillac was appointed to the command of Mackinac. In 1701 he founded Detroit and remained in command there until 1701. From 1712-1717, he was governor of Louisiana. Cadillac returned to France to become governor of Castel-Sarassen in Gascony, where he died on October 16, 1730.
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Fur trade
Indians of North America
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Great Lakes Region (North America)
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Fort Michilimackinac (Mackinaw City, Mich.)
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New France
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Canada
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New France
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Louisiana
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New England
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Detroit (Mich.)
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Michigan
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Michigan
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North America
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Mississippi River Valley
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France--Versailles
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Louisiana
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Mackinac Region (Mich.)
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