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An account of Monsieur de la Salle's last expedition and discoveries in North America. Presented to the French king, and published by the Chevalier Tonti, governour of Fort St. Louis, in the province of the Islinois. / Made English from the Paris original. Also the adventures of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the French buccaneers on the coast of Guinea, in the year 1695.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier.
- Tonti, Henri de, -1704.
- Tonti, Henri de.
- New France--Discovery and exploration.
- New France.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 preliminary leaves, 211, 44 pages ; 17.5 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Tonson at the Judge's Head, and S. Buckly at the Dolphin in Fleet-street, and R. Knaplock, at the Angel and crown in St. Paul's church-yard, 1698.
- Notes:
- French original published in 1697, with title: Dernieres decouvertes dans l'Amerique Septentrionale de M. de La Sale ... The authorship of the work was denied by Tonti, although it is apparently based on a narrative written by him. cf. Charlevoix, Histoire ... de la Nouvelle France, t. 2, 1744, p. 260; Harrisse, Notes pour servir à l'histoire ... de la Nouvelle-France, 1872, p. 169-171; and Margry, Relations et mémoires inédits, 1867, p. 1-36.
- "A relation of a voyage made by the Sieur de Montauban ..." has separate paging and special t.-p. with imprint: London: Printed in the year 1698.
- Cited in:
- Wing, T-1890
- Sabin, 96171
- Cox II, p. 85
- OCLC:
- 7228543
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