Mathieu da Costa

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Mathieu da Costa was an early 17th-century interpreter and navigator of African descent who is recognized as the first recorded Black person to have visited what is now Canada.

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instanceOf historical figure
interpreter
navigator
activePeriod early 17th century GENERATED
associatedWith Dutch traders GENERATED
French explorers GENERATED
centuryOfActivity 17th century GENERATED
citizenship Portuguese Empire GENERATED
commemoratedBy Mathieu da Costa Challenge GENERATED
commemoratedIn Canadian Black History Month events GENERATED
countryVisited Canada GENERATED
ethnicOrigin African descent GENERATED
fieldOfWork cross-cultural mediation GENERATED
maritime navigation GENERATED
gender male GENERATED
historicalEvidence documented in early 1600s legal and notarial records GENERATED
historicalRegionOfOrigin West Africa GENERATED
historicalStatus first recorded Black person in Canada GENERATED
knownFor multilingual abilities GENERATED
work as an interpreter in North America GENERATED
languageSpoken Dutch GENERATED
French GENERATED
Indigenous languages of northeastern North America GENERATED
Pidgin Basque GENERATED
Portuguese GENERATED
legalStatus subject of contractual disputes between French and Dutch employers GENERATED
nameVariant Mateus da Costa GENERATED
Matheus de Coste GENERATED
nationality Portuguese GENERATED
notableFor being the first recorded Black person to visit what is now Canada GENERATED
occupation interpreter GENERATED
navigator GENERATED
placeOfActivity Atlantic coast of North America GENERATED
Europe GENERATED
recognizedBy Government of Canada GENERATED
regionVisited New France GENERATED
role intermediary between Europeans and Indigenous peoples GENERATED
subjectOf Canadian Black history scholarship GENERATED
heritage recognition programs in Canada GENERATED
uncertainDateOfBirth true GENERATED
uncertainDateOfDeath true GENERATED

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