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;...