Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit
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Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit (died February 1603) was a French naval and military captain and a lieutenant of New France
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Chauvin, along with François Gravé Du Pont
, obtained a fur trading monopoly for New France
in 1599 from Henri IV. Although this was seriously amended in 1600, the two built a fort at Tadoussac
that year. This location is generally recognized as the oldest surviving French settlement in the Americas. Chauvin is recognized as the founder of Tadoussac since Gravé was opposed to the actual location.
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
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Chauvin, along with François Gravé Du Pont
François Gravé Du Pont
François Gravé , said Du Pont , was a French navigator , an early fur trader and explorer in the New World.Gravé Du Pont is known to have traded furs in the New France, since maybe 1580, surely before 1599, reaching Trois-Rivières in...
, obtained a fur trading monopoly for New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
in 1599 from Henri IV. Although this was seriously amended in 1600, the two built a fort at Tadoussac
Tadoussac, Quebec
Tadoussac is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saguenay rivers. It was France's first trading post on the mainland of New France and an important trading post in the seventeenth century, making it the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in...
that year. This location is generally recognized as the oldest surviving French settlement in the Americas. Chauvin is recognized as the founder of Tadoussac since Gravé was opposed to the actual location.