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Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny
Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602 – March 7, 1674) was a French novelist and general writer.
Life.
Very little is known of his life except that in 1635 he was historiographer of France. He wrote on science, history and religion, but is only remembered for his novels. He tried to destroy the vogue for the pastoral romance by writing a novel of adventure, the "Histoire comique de Francion" (first edition in seven volumes, 1623
Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye
Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye de Boumois (December 1, 1714 – September 13, 1755) was the second son of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye. An explorer and fur trader who served many years under the command of his father, he was born on Île aux Vaches, (Isle of Cows) near Sorel, New France.
The young Pierre spent two years in the colonial regular troops las a cadet, doing garrison duty in Montreal. In 1731,