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CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
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HÉBERT, LOUIS
SARRAZIN, MICHEL
RICHARD, MAURICE, dit le Rocket
LE MOYNE D’IBERVILLE ET D’ARDILLIÈRES, PIERRE
DUCHARME, DOMINIQUE
MURRAY, JAMES
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LE JEUNE, PAUL
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BARTLETT, WILLIAM HENRY
MERCIER, HONORÉ
CRÉMAZIE, OCTAVE
CABOT, JEAN
LÉVIS, FRANÇOIS DE, duc de LÉVIS
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