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Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1704 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 700 Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent,La Borde, sieur de, 17th cent. Relation exacte de l'origine, moeurs, coûtumes, religion, guerres & voyages des Caraibes.
Published by Adriaan Braakman c. 1704, Amsterdam, 1704
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Full contemporary vellum with raised bands and gilt motifs. , Text in French. Father Louis Hennepin (1626 ? c. 1705) was a Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Recollect order and an explorer of the interior of North America. Hennepin was born in Ath in the Spanish Netherlands (now in the province of Hainaut, Belgium). In 1659, Béthune, the town where he lived, was captured by the army of Louis XIV of France.At the request of Louis XIV the Récollets sent four missionaries to New France in May 1675, including Hennepin. This era of his life is the subject of this volume. Hennepin was 39 when he departed in 1679 with La Salle from Quebec City to construct the 45-ton barque Le Griffon, sail through the Great Lakes, and explore the unknown West.Hennepin was with La Salle at the construction of Fort Crevecouer (near present-day Peoria, Illinois) in January, 1680. In February, La Salle sent Hennepin and two others as an advance party to search for the Mississippi River. The party followed the Illinois River to its junction with the Mississippi. Shortly thereafter, Hennepin was captured by a Sioux war party and carried off for a time into what is now the state of Minnesota. Eventually, Hennepin and the others were given canoes and allowed to leave. Local historians credit him as the first European to step ashore at the site of present-day Hannibal, Missouri.Two great waterfalls were brought to the world's attention by Louis Hennepin: Niagara Falls, with the most voluminous flow of any in North America, and the Saint Anthony Falls in what is now Minneapolis, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River. In 1683, he published a book about Niagara Falls called A New Discovery. The truth of much of Hennepin's accounts has been called into question ? or flatly denied ? notably by the American historian Francis Parkman. , Size : 12mo, Illustrated with Belle engraved frontispiece, 2 large folding maps and 6 plates showing the falls, the construction of Griffon ship ?La Salle,? and other views., References : Sabin, 31355 A fine example. Plates and text crisp and clean.
Published by A Amsterdam, chez Adriaan Braakman et à Leide, chez Pierre Vander Aa, 1704., 1704
Seller: Le Cabinet d'Amateur, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
In-12, [34]-604-[32]p. Réédition parue du vivant de l'auteur de cette précieuse relation, dont l'édition fut partagée entre les libraires Pierre Van der Aa de Leyde, et Adrian Braakman d'Amsterdam.La première édition de cette relation fut publiée sous le titre de Description de la Louisiane, à Paris, chez la veuve Huré, en 1683 et rééditée sous des titres différents, avec quelques amplifications. Pour la rédaction de son ouvrage, le père Hennepin mit à contribution les récits de Cavelier de La Salle et ceux des pères Zenobre Membré et Christian Le Clercq.C'est dans cet ouvrage que l'on trouve imprimé pour la première fois le nom de Louisiane.Belle illustration gravée en taille-douce, comprenant un frontispice, 2 grandes cartes dépliantes et 6 planches montrant les chutes du Niagara, la construction du Griffon, navire de La Salle, et autres faits marquants.Né à Roye vers 1640, le père Hennepin, entré jeune dans l'ordre des Recollets, s'embarqua pour le Canada en 1676. A l'été 1679, il accompagna Cavelier de La Salle dans l'exploration des grands lacs. En février 1680, il fut chargé par ce dernier de reconnaître l'embouchure de l'Illinois et remonter le Missisipi ; à hauteur de la rivière Wisconsin, il fut enlevé par des Sioux. Après deux mois de captivité, il fut, ainsi que ses deux compagnons, délivré par Daniel Greysolon du Lhut. Par la suite, le père Hennepin regagna l'Europe.Le Voyage ou Relation exacte de l'origine, m?urs, coûtumes, religion, guerres & voyages des caraibes, sauvages des isles Antilles de l'Amérique, de La Borde, porte un titre particulier, daté aussi de 1704. Papier légèrement roussi, néanmoins très bon exemplaire de cet ouvrage des plus rares. Reliure demi-veau à coins, dos lisse orné de filets dorés.