Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley
: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette
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 "Etablissement de la foi," 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 Salles party at Fort Crevecoeur, in Ilinois, from February, 1680, to June, 1681, by Father Zenobius Membre-Narrative of La Salles voyage down the Mississippi, by Father Zenobius Membre.-Account of La Salles attempt to reach the Mississippi by sea, and of the establishment of a French colony in St. Louis Bay, by Father Christian Le Clercq.-Narrative of La Salles attempt to ascend the Mississippi in 1687, by Father Anastasius Douay.-Appendix: Recit des voyages et des decouvertes du P. Jacques Marquette. Unfinished letter of Father Marquette to Father Claude Dablon containing a journal of his last visit to the Ilinois. La Salles patent of nobility. La Salles second commission. Comparative table of the names on the map pub. by Thevenot, as Marquettes, and on his real map annexed
Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley
: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette. - New York : Redfield, 1852. - LXXX, 267 pages
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