Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pierre du Gast” in entry america-discoverers-of of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
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He sailed from Honfleur in March, 1603, went up the St. Lawrence in May to Quebec, and, returning to France, found De Chastes dead, and the concession granted to him transferred by the King to Pierre du Gast , Sieur de Monts, a wealthy Huguenot, who accompanied Champlain on another voyage to the St. Lawrence the next year.
In 1608 he went up the St. Lawrence again ; and the following summer, while engag...
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