A new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and New Mexico
Subtitle: 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: by L. Hennepin ... ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.
Contributors: Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700.; Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675.; John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Published: 1698
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
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.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: New discovery of a large country in America
Notes: Added illustrated t.p.
"A continuation of the new discovery of a vast country in America ..." has separate t.p.
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Q⁸ R², ²A⁸ a⁸ B-M⁸ N⁴ O-P⁸ Q⁶.
Wing (2nd ed.) H1450
Thacher, II, p. 23 (Americana)