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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 ... ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.
- Standardized Title:
- Nouvelle découverte. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier.
- Indians of North America.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Canada--Discovery and exploration.
- Canada.
- Mississippi River Valley--History.
- Mississippi River Valley.
- History.
- Great Lakes (North America)--Discovery and exploration.
- Great Lakes (North America).
- Québec (Québec)--History.
- Québec (Québec).
- Québec--Québec.
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Description and travel.
- Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.).
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 24 unnumbered pages, 355 pages, 33 unnumbered pages, 48, 45-178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.
- Notes:
- This is the Bon-/ edition, so called from ending of the first line of the imprint.
- Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-2E⁸, *2e², 2F-2N⁸ 2O⁴ (2O4 blank).
- The "Continuation" has a special title page and is an English translation of Hennepin's "Nouveau voyage."
- The account of "Several new discoveries in North-America" includes Joliet's account of New France; "An account of M. La Salles voyage to the river Mississippi. Directed to Count Frontenac, governor of New-France"; "A discovery of some new countries and nations in the northern America. By Father Marquette"; and some account of La Salle's later discoveries and death.
- Includes, in the 2nd part, accounts by Joliet and Marquette.
- Title within woodcut border.
- Local Notes:
- Leaves V7-8, X1-Z8, 2A1-2 bound after 203; leaf 2O4 wanting.
- Cited in:
- Church, E.D. Discovery, 772
- Wing, H-1450
- JCB, 1675-1750, p. 366 (the "Bon-" ed.)
- Sabin, 31371
- Church Cat., 772
- Contains:
- Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century. Nouveau voyage. English.
- OCLC:
- 7263643
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