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 Louis Hennepin

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Published 1698 by Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship in London .
Written in English

Places:

• New France,
• Mississippi River Valley,
• Great Lakes,
• Québec (Québec),
• Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subjects:

• La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.,
• Indians of North America -- Early works to 1800.,
• New France -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.,
• Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.,
• Great Lakes -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.,
• Québec (Québec) -- History.,
• Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.

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Edition Notes

Other titles	New discovery of a large country in America
Statement	by L. Hennepin ... ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish"d in the French edition.
Genre	Early works to 1800.
Contributions	Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700., Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675., John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Classifications
LC Classifications	Thacher A750, F352 .H753
The Physical Object
Pagination	[24], 243, [33], 228 p., [8] folded leaves of plates :
Number of Pages	243
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL6914031M
LC Control Number	02006173

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