François Gravé Du Pont

François Gravé Du Pont
Born1560 (1560)
Saint-Malo, France
Died1629 (aged 68–69)
NationalityFrench
OccupationNavigator

François Gravé (Saint-Malo, November 1560 – 1629 or soon after), said Du Pont (or Le Pont, Pontgravé...), was a Breton navigator (captain on the sea and on the "Big River of Canada"), an early fur trader and explorer in the New World.

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