A new discovery of a vast country in America
Subtitle: 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 illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William
By: by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not published in the French edition.
Publisher: Printed by Henry Bonwicke, ...
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: La Salle, Robert Cavelier, -- sieur de, -- 1643-1687.; Indians of North America.; Louisiana -- Discovery and exploration -- French.; Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration.; Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.) -- Description and travel.; America -- Discovery and exploration.; Québec (Quebec) -- History -- Capture, 1629.
Notes: [Part I], translation of: Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays ... .

[Part II], translation of: Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que L'Europe ... .

[Part II], has special t.p.: A continuation of the new discovery of a vast country in America between New France and New Mexico ... .

First English edition--Cf. National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.

Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the Seminary of Quebec, Library. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1987.

[21], 240, [24], 216 p., 6 leaves of plates : ill., map ; 17 cm.