La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane: Connuë sous le nom de Misissipi. Nouvellement decouverte par ordre du roy. Avec les mœurs la maniere de vivre des sauvages; les premieres habitations de nos François

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Title
La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane: Connuë sous le nom de Misissipi. Nouvellement decouverte par ordre du roy. Avec les mœurs la maniere de vivre des sauvages; les premieres habitations de nos François
Names
Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1720
Place: n.p.
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KB 1720 (Hennepin, L. Nouvelle France)
Topics
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687
Indians of North America -- Reg. areas -- Mississippi River Valley
Louisiana -- Description and travel
Genres
Books
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Par le R.P. Louis Hennepin ... Sur l'imprimé à Paris.
Content: Numbers 57-66 repeated in paging.
Content: Comprises "Les mœurs des sauvages" and "Description de la Louisiane," abridgments (in reverse order) of the two parts of "Description de la Louisiane" first published in 1683.
Citation/reference: "Undoubtedly printed ... to further the schemes of John Law ... May have been intended for gratuitous distribution among shareholders in the Mississippi company."--Porter, P.A. The works of Father Hennepin. New York, 1910. p. 5.
Acquisition: 53R0462.
Physical Description
Extent: 3 p.l., 80 [i.e. 90] p.16 cm. (12mo.)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 42382903
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14319523
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 20.09.007
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 41e14ce0-67d6-0139-ee76-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
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  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1720. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a372dd0-3423-0139-b545-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a372dd0-3423-0139-b545-0242ac110003

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1720). La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0a372dd0-3423-0139-b545-0242ac110003

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La Nouvelle France, ou La description de la Louisiane