1618-1696+Medart+de+Groseilliers

Medant de Groseillers Link: [|http://www.canadiana.ca/hbc/person/groseilliers1_e.html#] Works Cited: "Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - Personalities." //Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - Personalities //. Web. 28 May 2012. .

What: -French explorer & fur trader in Canada -Proposed route to get more furs through Hudson Bay, later route used by Hudson Bay Company -paired with brother in law Pierre-Espirit-Radisson -If not done like this some other explorer would discover different route -Switched sides

Where: -Called Sieur Des Groseillers after a farm parents managed -Some english documents call him Mr.Gooseberry which is translation of his name -Born in Charly Sur Marne in France. -Came to France in 1642 to work for Jesuit Priests

Why: -Important because makes much faster to trade using the route with other countries



Q1: What did he contribute? A1: A new route to get more furs through Hudson's Bay.

Q2: What company did he work for? A2: Hudson's Bay company.

Q3: Who was he paired up with? A3: Pierre Radisson