An edition of Nouveaux voyages (1703)

New voyages to North-America.

Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ... the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ... and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683-1694. A geographical description of Canada ... with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages ... with an account of the authors retreat to Portugal and Denmark ... to which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North-America.

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An edition of Nouveaux voyages (1703)

New voyages to North-America.

Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent ... the several attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another ... and the various adventures between the French, and the Iroquese confederates of England, from 1683-1694. A geographical description of Canada ... with remarks upon their government, and the interest of the English and French in their commerce. Also a dialogue between the author and a general of the savages ... with an account of the authors retreat to Portugal and Denmark ... to which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine language, which is generally spoke in North-America.

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Cover of: Voyages du baron de Lahontan dans l'Amérique septentrionale.
Voyages du baron de Lahontan dans l'Amérique septentrionale.
1974, Éditions Élysée
in French - 2. éd. revue, corr. et augm.
Cover of: New voyages to North-America
Cover of: New voyages to North-America
New voyages to North-America
1905, A.C. McClurg
in English
Cover of: New voyages to North-America.
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Table of Contents

v. 1. "Some new voyages" ... (letters I-XXV): "Memoirs of North-America"; Table.
v. 2. A discourse of the habit, houses [etc.] A continuation of the "Memoirs"; "A conference or dialogue between the author and Adario": "A appendix, containing ... voyages to Portugal and Denmark"; "A short dictionary ..."

Edition Notes

Vol. 2 has title: New voyages to North-America. Giving a full account of the customs, commerce, religion, and strange opinions of the savages of that country. With political remarks upon the courts of Portugal and Denmark, and the present state of the commerce of those countries ...

Letter XVI, v. 1, describes an apparently imaginary voyage on Long River, which may have been Minnesota River. The Indians described are for the most part also mythical.

References: Eberstadt no. III-1151.

Microfilm. New Haven, Conn., Research Publications, 1975. 1 reel. 35 mm. (Western Americana, Reel 308, no. 3087)

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Western Americana, 1550-1900 -- reel 308, no. 3087.

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