La Vérendrye

American  

[la vey-rahn-dree] / la veɪ rɑ̃ˈdri /

noun

1. Pierre Gaultier de Varenne Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.

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Example Sentences

A trader named Pierre La Vérendrye had built the fort with his sons, before going on to explore and claim the western half of Canada for New France.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2020

Nor was this all; for in the morning La Vérendrye missed his interpreter, and was told that he had fallen in love with an Assinniboin girl and gone off in pursuit of her.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

La Vérendrye, fired with the zeal of discovery, offered to search for the Western Sea if the King would give him one hundred men and supply canoes, arms, and provisions.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

Their movements were so slow that it was twelve days before they reached the foot of the mountains, which, says La Vérendrye, "are for the most part well wooded, and seem very high."

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis

La Vérendrye mentions some peculiar customs of the Mandans which answer exactly to those described by more recent observers.

From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis