Two Years Before the Mast

Who is Nicholas from Two Years Before the Mast and what is their importance?

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Nicholas is the enormous Frenchman, who cures hides alongside author Richard Henry Dana, Jr., in Los Angeles, CA. He is described as strong but ignorant. Having gone to sea as a boy, he has no education. Mr. Russell is afraid of Nicholas.

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Two Years Before the Mast