Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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French explorer
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About Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont
- Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont (April 1679 – 1734) was a French explorer who documented his travels on the Missouri and Platte rivers in North America and made the first European maps of these areas in the early 18th century.
- He wrote two accounts of his travels, which included descriptions of the Native American tribes he encountered.
- In 1723, he established Fort Orleans, the first European fort on the Missouri River, near the mouth of the Grand River and present-day Brunswick, Missouri.
- In 1724, he led an expedition to the Great Plains of Kansas to establish trading relations with the Padouca (Apache Indians).
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