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Hennepin, Louis

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | | Copyright

Hennepin, Louis (1640–1710?), Belgian‐born Franciscan friar, came to Canada (1675), and became chaplain of the exploring expedition of La Salle, who detailed him to accompany Aco on the first exploration of the upper Mississippi Valley. Captured in Minnesota by the Sioux, they were rescued by Duluth. After returning to France, Hennepin published a Déscription de la Louisiane (1683, translated 1880), Nouvelle Découverte (1697, translated 1698), and Nouveau Voyage (1698), interesting and important accounts in which, however, he exaggerates his own part in the expedition, which was actually led by Aco. His assertion that they reached the mouth of the Mississippi is unfounded, and his description of the lower river is plagiarized from Membré, a friar who traveled with La Salle.

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Hennepin, Louis

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Hennepin, Louis (1640–1701) French explorer and missionary. He sailed to Canada in 1675, and became chaplain to René La Salle. He accompanied him on the 1679. His exaggerated account, Description de la Louisiane (1683), was very popular.

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