Author additional ss: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687. / Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Subject Terms: Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800. - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

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Author additional ss La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.

Collection Rare Books and Manuscripts

Subject Terms Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.

1. 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 / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

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Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Date:: 1698
Physical Description:: [22], 243, [1], [32], 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts