Louis Hennepin
1626-1705?
Belgian explorer and Franciscan missionary priest who is presumed to be the first European to have seen and described Niagara Falls (in his book A New Discovery of a Vast Cou...
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Louis Hennepin
Born May 12. 1626, Ath, Belgium Died c. 1705
Louis Hennepin was born in the town of Ath, in what is now Belgium, the son of a butcher. After attending classical school there, he becam...
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Louis Hennepin
Louis Hennepin