A new discovery of a vast country in America [electronic resource] : extending above four thousand m...
A new discovery of a vast country in America [electronic resource] : 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 ... : 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 ... ; to which is added several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.
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London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698.
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1698.
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[24], 299 p.; [32], 178 p., [2], 303-355 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., 2 folded maps.
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London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin and S. Manship, 1698.
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England
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1698.
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A new discovery of a vast country in America [electronic resource] : 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 ... : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts...
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[Pt. 1] is a translation of: Nouvelle découverte; [pt. 2] of: Nouveau voyage, with special t.p. and pagination.
First English ed. Cf. BM.
Reproduction of original in Library of Congress.
Appended to the 2nd 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 Mississipi: p. 307-317; A discovery of some new countries and nations in the Northern-America / by Father Marquette: p. 318-355....
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Wing H1450.
Arber's Term cat. III 38.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/57.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 72:17)
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74VvwdB3OD7A
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