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Author Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.
Title A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles between New France & New Mexico : with a deseription [sic] 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 illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty King William / by L. Hennepin ... ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North America, not publish'd in the French edition.
Publication Info London : Printed by for Henry Bonwicke ..., 1699.


Subject La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Indians of North America -- Early works to 1800.
New France -- Discovery and exploration.
Mississippi River Valley -- History -- To 1803.
Great Lakes -- Description and travel.
Québec (Province) -- History.
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel.
Descript [20], 240 p., 4 p. of plates : maps
Note Reproduction of original in U.S. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

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