A description of Louisiana.
By Father Louis Hennepin, Recollect missionary. Tr. from the edition of 1683, and compared with the Nouvelle découverte, the La Salle documents and other contemporaneous papers. By John Gilmary Shea.

Description

Main Author

Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century

Related Names

Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892, translator.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, J.G. Shea, 1880.

Subjects

Hennepin, Louis, > Hennepin, Louis, / active 17th century > Hennepin, Louis, / active 17th century / Bibliography.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, > La Salle, Robert Cavelier, / sieur de, > La Salle, Robert Cavelier, / sieur de, / 1643-1687
Indians of North America > Indians of North America / Mississippi River Valley.
Louisiana > Louisiana / Description and travel
Mississippi River > Mississippi River / Discovery and exploration.
Louisiana > Louisiana / Description and travel > Louisiana / Description and travel / Early works to 1800
Early works
Bibliographies

Note

References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. H.415.
Manuscript note on advertisement tipped in at front of volume, "Only 238 copies were printed."
Pages 41*-53*, 1 leaf inserted between p. 40 and [41]
Title-page of edition of 1683 in facsimile.

Physical Description

407 (i.e. 423) p. front. (fold. map) pl., facsim. 26 cm.

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability