Father Louis Hennepin's Description of Louisiana;
newly discovered to the southwest of New France by order of the king /
translated from the original edition by Marion E. Cross, with an introduction by Grace Lee Nute.

Description

Main Author

Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.

Related Names

Cross, Marion E., translator.
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Minnesota.

Language(s)

English

Published

[Minneapolis] : Pub. for the Minnesota Society of the Colonial Dames of America, the University of Minnesota Press, 1938.

Subjects

Indigenous peoples > Indigenous peoples / Mississippi River Valley.
Travel.
Indians of North America.
Discoveries in geography.
Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Mississippi River Valley.
North America > North America / New France.
Mississippi River Valley.
Mississippi River.
Louisiana.
Mississippi River Valley > Mississippi River Valley / History > Mississippi River Valley / History / To 1803.
Mississippi River > Mississippi River / Discovery and exploration.
New France > New France / Discovery and exploration.
Louisiana > Louisiana / Description and travel.
History.

Note

Includes reproduction of t.p. of the original edition, 1683.

Physical Description

xvii pages, 2 leaves, 3-190 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations (maps) facsimile ; 22 cm

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