Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley
Subtitle: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membre , Hennepin, and Anastase Douay
By: by John Gilmary Shea
Publisher: Redfield
Published: 1853
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Jesuits; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi
Notes: "With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette."
Table of contents: title: History of the discovery of the Mississippi Valley; title: Life of Father James Marquette, of the Society of Jesus, first explorer of the Mississippi; title: Notice on the sieur Jolliet; title: Notice on Father Claudius Dablon; title: Voyages and discoveries of Father James Marquette, of the Society of Jesuits, in 1673, and the following years; title: Notice on Father Claude Allouez; title: Narrative of a voyage made to the Illinois / by Father Claude Allouez; title: Bibliographical notice of the Establishment de la Foi of Father Christian le Clercq, recollect; title: Narrative of La Salle's first attempt to explore the Mississippi / by Father le Clercq; title: Bibliographical notice of the works of Father Louis Hennepin; title: Narrative of a voyage to the Upper Mississippi / Father Louis Hennepin; title: Notice on Father Zenobius Membre; title: Narrative of the adventures of La Salle's party, from February, 1680, to June, 1681 / by Father Membre; title: Narrative of La Salle's voyage down the Mississippi / by the same; title: Account of La Salle's attempt to reach the Mississippi by sea / by Father Christian le Clercq; title: Narrative of La Salle's attempt to ascend the Mississippi in 1687 / by Father Anastasius Douay; title: Spanish account of the destruction of La Salle's Fort in Texas; title: Appendix: Reeit des Voyages et des decouvertes de P. Jacques Marquette, &c ; Unfinished letter of Father James Marquette, containing his last journal ; La Salle's patent of nobility; title: La Salle's second commission; title: Comparative table of the names on the map published by Thevenot, and Marquette?s real map.