A new discovery of a vast country in America, 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 parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William /

• Main Authors: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century, author., Manship, S. (Samuel), bookseller., Goodwin, Timothy, -1720, bookseller., Bonwicke, Henry, -1706, bookseller., Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller., Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675, contributor., Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700, contributor., La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687., Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century. Nouveau voyage d'un pais plus grand que l'Europe. English., John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: La Salle; Robert Cavelier; sieur de; 1643-1687; First Nations; Travel; Indians of North America; Discoveries in geography; Goodwin; St Barbe
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mcg.ark:/13960/t4xh6g625

A new discovery of a vast country in America is a translation of Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays que l'Europe. Each part has a table of contents. "Account of several new discoveries in North-America" (Pt. [2], pages 185-228) includes: Joliet's account of New France; An account of M. La Salles voyage to the river Mississippi : directed to Count Frontenac, governor of New-France; A discovery of some new countries and nations in the northern America, by Father Marquette; Some account of La Salle's later discoveries and death. Second folded map has title: A map of a new world between New Mexico and the frozen sea newly discovered by Father Lewis Hennepin, missionary recollect and native of Aht in Hainault. Dedicated to his Majesty of Great Britain William III. First folded map has title: A map of a large country newly discovered in the northern America situated between New Mexico and the frozen sea, together with the course of the Great River Meschasipi. Dedicated to His Ma.ty William III King of Great Britain by Father Lewis Hennepin missionary Recollect and Apostolic notary. Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Q⁸ R², ²A⁸ a⁸ B-M⁸ N⁴ O-P⁸ Q⁶. Part [2] has separate title page and paging: A continuation of The new discovery of a vast country in America, extending above four thousand miles, between New France and Mexico; 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 / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland, to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition. London : Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698. Titles within double-line borders. Part [1]. A new discovery of a country greater than Europe, situated in America, betwixt New-Mexico and the Frozen-Sea -- Part [2]. Voyage into a newly discovered country larger than Europe, situated in America, betwixt New-Mexico and the ...