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2 unusual facts about Louis Nicolas


Codex canadensis

Codex canadensis is the official name of an illustrated book about the native peoples and wildlife in Canada (which then included the upper parts of the Mississippi River system) which was written in or about 1700 by a French missionary priest called Louis Nicolas.

Louis Nicolas

Born August 15, 1634 in Aubenas, Vivarais (France), this Jesuit priest arrived in New France in 1664 and stayed for eleven years.



see also

Jean-Louis Jaley

Jean-Louis Nicolas Jaley (born in Paris in 1802, died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1866) was a French sculptor.

Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1706–1749), mathematician, daughter of Louis Nicolas

Renault Winery

The vineyard was first planted in 1864 by Louis Nicolas Renault, a French immigrant from Mareuil-sur-Ay who brought the original vinifera grapes from France.