Gadifer de la Salle

Miniature from the medieval manuscript Le Canarien [fr], depicting Gadifer de La Salle in his ship during the expedition to the Canary Islands in 1402.

Gadifer de La Salle (Sainte-Radegonde, 1340 –1415) was a French knight and crusader of Poitevine origin who, with Jean de Béthencourt, conquered and explored the Canary Islands for the Kingdom of Castile.