Mathieu da Costa, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Mathieu da Costa

Canadian explorer

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1589

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: translator, explorer, linguist

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Mathieu da Costa (sometimes d'Acosta) was a 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 to the land that, on 1 July 1867, would become Canada.