Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac belongs to the record of exploration as a figure whose journeys changed what was known.
The record lists Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac as French explorer.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was born at Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave in 1658. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of France.
Seventeenth-century voyaging was commercial and Dutch-led, mapping coastlines for companies rather than kings.
He is recorded as explorer and military personnel.
Exploration was always as much logistics as courage, and the logistics are what decided outcomes.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac died in 1730, aged 72. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis
- Recorded as explorer and military personnel
