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1. 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 / by L. Hennepin, now resident in Holland ; to which are added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

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Creator:: Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
Date:: 1698
Physical Description:: [22], 243, [1], [32], 228 pages, [9] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Sketches of a tour to the lakes : of the character and customs of the Chippeway Indians, and of incidents connected with the Treaty of Fond du Lac / by Thomas L. McKenney, of the Indian Department, and joint Commissioner with his Excellency Gov. Cass, in negotiating the Treaty ; also, a vocabulary of the Algic, or Chippeway language, formed in part, and as far as it goes, upon the basis of one furnished by the Hon. Albert Gallatin ; ornamented with twenty-nine engravings of Lake Superior, and other scenry, Indian likenesses, costumes &c.

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Creator:: McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785–1859
Date:: 1827
Physical Description:: viii, [1], 10-493, [1] pages, [29] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A description of the English province of Carolana : by the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French La Louisiane : as also of the great and famous river Meschacebe or Missisipi : the five vast navigable lakes of fresh water, and the parts adjacent : together with an account of the commodities of the growth and production of the said province : and a preface containing some considerations of the consequences of the French making settlements there / by Daniel Coxe, Esq.

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Creator:: Coxe, Daniel, 1673–1739
Date:: MDCCXXII [1722]
Physical Description:: [54], 122 pages, ([1] folded leaf of plates) : map ; 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts