Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley [microform] : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay / By John Gilmary Shea. With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette.
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| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Redfield,
1852.
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| Series: | American culture series ;
541.1. |
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Table of Contents:
- History of the discovery of the Mississippi river
- Life of Father James Marquette
- Notice on the Sieur Jolliet
- Relation of the voyages, discoveries, and death, of Father James Marquette, and the subsequent voyages of Father Claudius Allouez, by Father Claudius Dablon ... prepared for publication in 1678
- Narrative of a voyage made to the Illinois, by Father Claude Allouez
- Bibliographical notice of the "Establissement de la fol", by Father Christian Le Clercq
- Narrative of the first attempt by M. Cavelier de La Salle to explore the Mississippi. Drawn up from the manuscripts of Father Zenobius Membre ... by Father Chretien Leclercq
- Bibliographical notice of the works of Father Louis Hennepin
- Narrative of the voyage to the upper Mississippi, by Father Louis Hennepin. From his "Description de la Louisiane", Paris, 1683
- Narrative of the adventures of La Salle's party at Fort Crevecoer, in Illinois from February, 1680, to June, 1681, by Father Zenobius Membre.