Canadian explorer; first recorded free Black person in Canada
Mathieu da Costa
Born
Azores Islands
Died
after 1619
Quebec City, Quebec
Occupation(s)
Translator and Explorer
Known for
First recorded black person in Canada, Exploration of New France, Bridge between the Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the European explorers through his translation
Mathieu da Costa (sometimes d'Acosta) (fl. 1589-1619) was an Afro-French member of the exploring party of Pierre Dugua, the Sieur de Monts, and Samuel de Champlain that travelled from France to the New World in the early 17th century. He was the first recorded free black person to arrive on the territory of today's Canada.
MathieudaCosta (sometimes d'Acosta) (fl. 1589-1619) was an Afro-French member of the exploring party of Pierre Dugua, the Sieur de Monts, and Samuel...
early 1600s MathieuDaCosta was probably the first black person setting foot in modern-day Canadian territory. In 1705, the Portuguese Pedro da Silva became...
opportunities. The first recorded free African person in Nova Scotia, MathieudaCosta, a Mikmaq interpreter, was recorded among the founders of Port Royal...
known as Canada was a free man named MathieudaCosta. Travelling with navigator Samuel de Champlain, daCosta arrived in Nova Scotia some time between...
(1978) John Cook (1975) Donald G. Creighton (1996) Crowfoot (1986) MathieudaCosta (2017) Charles Daudelin (2002) Georges-Édouard Desbarats (1987) Alphonse...
house in the Petit Parc on the Annapolis Royal waterfront, part of the MathieuDaCosta African Heritage Trail. In May 2015, Rose Fortune's first name was...
Island in 1604 by a French party that included Samuel de Champlain and MathieudaCosta. The French named the area Acadia. French and English settlers would...
to the early 1930s. Stories depicted in the film include those of MathieudaCosta, the first known free black person in Canada; Marie-Joseph Angélique...
daCosta (cognate of English "coast", literally translates as "of the coast"), which in Spanish became de Acosta; the exact Spanish counterpart of da...
Francisco José Rodrigues daCosta OIH (born 1 December 1974), known as Costinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɔʃˈtiɲɐ]), is a Portuguese former professional...
during a press conference. In February 2024, Le Havre sporting director Mathieu Bodmer criticized Chelsea for the collapse of a proposed loan deal that...
by Enyeama where he failed to hold onto a corner kick from the left by Mathieu Valbuena. In injury time, France got a second when Joseph Yobo put into...
percussion Philip Chiang – design Rick Clifford – assistant engineer Paulinho daCosta – percussion Mike Doud – art direction, design Scott Edwards – bass (uncredited)...
Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club...
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