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Record Nr.

UNISA996396139803316

Autore

Hennepin Louis <17th cent.>

Titolo

A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles between New France and New Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : 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 / / by L. Hennepin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by M. Bentley [etc.], 1698

Edizione

[To which are added several new discoveries in North America, not publish'd in the French edition.]

Descrizione fisica

[20], 243, [30], 228 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps

Soggetti

Mississippi River Valley Discovery and exploration

Great Lakes Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William."

"A new voyage into the North-west parts of America" has special t.p. and separate pagination."

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113