1. JEHAN1 DENYS was born Abt. 1427 in Honfleur, France.
Notes for JEHAN DENYS:
DENYS, SIEUR DE LA THIBAUDIERE
Jehan Denys, born in Honfleur, France, in the early half of the 15th century was one of the boldest, most experienced and renowned of the navigators of France. He commanded an expeditation to the coast of Brazil in 1504. In Dionne's History of New France, he is described as the "First of the French to become acquainted with the shores of Newfoundland in an authentic Manner."
In 1506, he published, at Honfleur, his chart of the eastern coast of Canada, Cape Brenton and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. His name is inscribed in the "Registre de la Charite et Confrerie de Notre Dame de Honfleur," an order founded in 1457. In the same register are the names of his son Jehan and of his grandson.
