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Relation of the discovery of the Mississippi river / written from the narrative of Nicholas de La Salle, otherwise known as the little M. de La Salle ; the translation done by Melville B. Anderson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- La Salle, Nicolas de.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier.
- Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration.
- Mississippi River.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Penn Provenance:
- Dechert, Robert (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 69 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Discovery of the Mississippi river
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The Caxton Club, 1898.
- Notes:
- French text and English translation on opposite pages.
- With half-title.
- The text is a reprint of "Récit de Nicolas de la Salle - 1862" as published in "Decouvertes et établissements des Francais dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amérique Septentrionale 1614-1754; mémoires et documents originaux recueillis et publiés par Pierre Margry", l. ptie., Paris,1876, p.[545]-570.
- "The Publication Committee of the Caxton Club certifies that this copy is one of an edition of two hundred and sixty-six copies on hand-made paper, and three copies on Japanese vellum ..."--P. facing half-title.
- OCLC:
- 5948729
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