A new discovery of a vast country in America :

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Creator
Hennepin, Louis, 1626-ca. 1705, author
Title
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 : both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William
Published
London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.
Identifier
oocihm.36001
36001
Subject
La Salle, Robert Cavelier de,1643-1687.
Indigenous peoples.
Autochtones -- Amérique du Nord.
Louisiana -- Discovery and exploration -- French.
Mississippi Valley -- Discovery and exploration.
New France -- Discovery and exploration.
Niagara Falls -- Description.
Québec (Quebec) -- Capture, 1629.
Louisiane -- Découverte et exploration françaises.
Mississippi, Vallée du -- Découverte et exploration.
Niagara, Chutes -- Descriptions.
Nouvelle-France -- Découverte et exploration.
Québec (Québec) -- Prise, 1629.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
[Part I], translation of: Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays ... .
[Part II], has special t.p.: A continuation of the new discovery of a vast country in America between New France and New Mexico ... .
[Part II], translation of: Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe ... .
First English edition--Cf. National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Various pagings : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.36001