NOUVEAU VOYAGE D'UN PAIS PLUS GRAND QUE L'EUROPE AVEC LES REFLECTIONES DES ENTERPRISES DU SIEUR DE LA SALLE, SUR LES MINES DE ST. BARBE, &c.
Hennepin, Louis
Published by Antoine Schouten, Utrecht, 1698
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[70],389pp. plus folding map and four folding plates. 12mo. Handsome polished calf, ruled and tooled in gilt, spine richly gilt, leather labels, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine. First edition. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his NOUVELLE DECOUVERTE. of the previous year. In this work he added new material drawn from contemporary sources on Indian manners and customs and various North American travels. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, while the last concern the British treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. Lengthy passages are taken from Le Clercq's ETABLISSEMENT DE LA FOY of 1688. Despite the fact that Hennepin has been severely and justly criticized for imposture and plagiarism, his works, according to Thwaites, still stand as "invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these." No other narratives of French exploration in the interior of North America enjoyed as wide a popularity or stimulated as much controversy and criticism among later scholars as those of Hennepin. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin went to New France in 1675, and in 1678 he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crevecoeur (Chicago) and penetrated farther northwest into the interior than any white man to that time. He discovered St. Anthony's Falls near the present site of Minneapolis, and provided the first eyewitness account of Niagara Falls. The Streeter copy sold to Quaritch for $1200 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 698/101. ARENTS 432. CHURCH 774n. HARRISSE 177. HOWES H417. SABIN 31351. STREETER SALE 104. STREIT II:2775. Seller Inventory # WRCAM45886
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Title: NOUVEAU VOYAGE D'UN PAIS PLUS GRAND QUE ...
Publisher: Antoine Schouten, Utrecht
Publication Date: 1698
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NOUVEAU VOYAGE D'UN PAIS PLUS GRAND QUE L'EUROPE AVEC LES REFLECTIONES DES ENTERPRISES DU SIEUR DE LA SALLE, SUR LES MINES DE ST. BARBE, &c.
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First edition. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his NOUVELLE DECOUVERTE. of the previous year. In this work he added new material drawn from contemporary sources on Indian manners and customs and various North American travels. The first eight chapters describe the adventures and murder of La Salle, while the last concern the British treatment of the Recollets after the taking of Quebec in 1629. Lengthy passages are taken from Le Clercq's ETABLISSEMENT DE LA FOY of 1688. Despite the fact that Hennepin has been severely and justly criticized for imposture and plagiarism, his works, according to Thwaites, still stand as "invaluable contributions to the sources of American history; they deserve study, and to this day furnish rare entertainment. We can pardon much to our erratic friar, when he leaves to us such monuments as these." No other narratives of French exploration in the interior of North America enjoyed as wide a popularity or stimulated as much controversy and criticism among later scholars as those of Hennepin. A Recollet missionary, Father Hennepin went to New France in 1675, and in 1678 he set out with La Salle to explore the fertile basin of the Mississippi River. While La Salle turned back to raise funds to continue the voyage, Hennepin went on to ascend the river from Fort Crevecoeur (Chicago) and penetrated farther northwest into the interior than any white man to that time. He discovered St. Anthony's Falls near the present site of Minneapolis, and provided the first eyewitness account of Niagara Falls. The Streeter copy sold to Quaritch for $1200 in 1966. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 698/101. ARENTS 432. CHURCH 774n. HARRISSE 177. HOWES H417. SABIN 31351. STREETER SALE 104. STREIT II:2775. 12mo. Handsome polished calf, ruled and tooled in gilt, spine richly gilt, leather labels, marbled endpapers, gilt inner dentelles, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine. Seller Inventory # 45886
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