Detroit was founded by a Spanish explorer.
Detroit was founded on July 24 , 1701 by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and a party of settlers .	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe , sieur de Cadillac -LRB- -LSB- kdlk -RSB- -LSB- kadijak -RSB- March 5 , 1658October 16 , 1730 -RRB- , usually referred to as Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac -LRB- aka de la Motte -RRB- , was a French explorer and adventurer in New France , an area of North America that stretched from present-day Eastern Canada in the north to Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico in the south .	France	Kingdom of France	French	Kingdom of France	New France	New France	Louisiana	Louisiana (New France)	Gulf of Mexico	Gulf of Mexico	Canada	Canada (New France)	Cadillac	Cadillac, Michigan
