Relation of the discovery of the Mississippi River /

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Creator
La Salle, Nicolas de, d. 1710, author
Title
Relation of the discovery of the Mississippi River
Published
Chicago : Caxton Club, 1898.
Identifier
oocihm.08881
08881
Subject
La Salle, Robert Cavelier de,1643-1687.
Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.
Mississippi, Fleuve -- Découverte et exploration.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
"... This copy is one of an edition of two hundred and sixty-six copies on hand-made paper, and three copies on Japanese vellum ... the ... type has been distributed"--Opposite half title.
Caption titles: Récit de Nicolas de La Salle, 1682 ; Narrative of Nicolas de La Salle, 1682.
Half title: Narrative of Nicolas de la Salle.
The texts are a reprint and a translation of "Récit de Nicolas de La Salle, 1682" as published in "Découvertes et établissements des Français dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale (1614-1754)" edited by Pierre Margry, 1876-1886 (CIHM numbers 9940), pages 545-570.
69 pages ; 24 cm.
Text in English and French.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08881