Pierre-Charles Le Sueur

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Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (c. 1657, Artois, France – 17 July 1704, Havana, Cuba) was a French fur trader and explorer in North America, recognized as the first known European to explore the Minnesota River valley.

Le Sueur came to

Le Sueur sailed to France to secure a commission to serve as a local magistrate in what is now Alabama. "Le Sueur was supposed to leave France on the Loire in 1703 but he did not actually sail until the spring of 1704 aboard the Pélican. The ship, which was carrying nurses and women to Louisiana, stopped at Havana where Le Sueur contracted yellow fever. He had to be left behind and, after drawing up his will, he died on 17 July and was buried in the parish church of San Cristóbal."

He is the namesake of Le Sueur, Minnesota, Le Sueur River and Le Sueur County, Minnesota.^[2]

See also

References

• Nasatir, A. P. (1979) [1969]. "Le Sueur, Pierre". In Hayne, David (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. II (1701–1740) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Charles Alexandre Le Sueur Works of Art on Paper at Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
• Blegen, Theodore Christian; Russell Fridley (1975). Minnesota: A History of the State (2nd ed.). University of Minnesota Press.
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• Upham, Warren (1969) Minnesota Geographic Names. Minnesota Historical Society: St. Paul, MN
• Durand, Paul (1994) Where the Waters Gather and the Rivers Meet: An Atlas of the Eastern Sioux. Prior Lake, MN