An edition of Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situé dans l'Amérique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la mer glaciale (1697)

A new discovery of a vast country in America

extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals, also, the manners, customs, and languages, of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations. With a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. The taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan

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An edition of Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situé dans l'Amérique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et la mer glaciale (1697)

A new discovery of a vast country in America

extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals, also, the manners, customs, and languages, of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations. With a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. The taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan

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Father Hennepin was sent to New France in 1675. He was at first assigned to Quebec, where he spent part of each year as an itinerant missionary. He then spent two years at Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario before being assigned to accompany La Salle on an exploratory expedition. From that point onward Hennepin traveled a great deal in the western country, and relates his adventures in these two volumes.

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Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
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Subjects
Discovery and exploration, History, Indians of North America, Early works to 1800, Description and travel, French, Bibliography, Discovery, Early works to 1800..
People
Robert Cavelier La Salle sieur de (1643-1687), Louis Hennepin (17th cent), Louis Hennepin
Places
Mississippi River Valley, Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), New France, Great Lakes (North America), Québec (Québec), Great Lakes, Louisiana, Canada, Montréal (Québec), North America, Québec (Quebec), America, Québec (Province), Great Lakes region
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To 1803, Capture, 1629, To 1603

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A new discovery of a vast country in America: extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico. With a description of the Great Lakes, cataracts, rivers, plants, and animals, also, the manners, customs, and languages, of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations. With a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. The taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan
1970, Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
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A new discovery of a vast country in America
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A new discovery of a vast country in America.: Reprinted from the second London issue of 1698, with facsimiles of original title-pages, maps, and illustrations, and the addition of introd., notes, and index by Reuben Gold Thwaites.
1903, A.C. McClurg

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Engraved half-title: A new discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin.

First English edition. Shea's no. 1, with t.p. of his no. 2. cf. Shea, Descr. of Louisiana, 1880, p. 392.

[Part 1] is a translation of the "Nouvelle découverte"; [pt. 2] of "Nouveau voyage", with special t.p. and pagination: A continuation of the new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico; ... By L. Hennepin ... London, Printed in the year, 1698.

Appended to the 2d part: Joliet's account, with half-title "An account of several new discoveries in North-America": p. 303-306; "An account of M. la Salle's voyage to the river Mississippi ...": p. 307-317; "A discovery of some new countries and nations in the Northern-America. By Father Marquette", etc. p. 318-355.

Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 13059)

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12 p., l., 299 p., 16 p., l., 178 p., 1 l., 303-355 p.
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