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A new discovery of a vast country in America : extending above four thousand miles, between New

Creator:
Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent
Published / Created:
1698 (8vo)
Call Number:
Zc20 697heg
Image Count:
7
Alternative Title:
Nouvelle découverte d'un très grand pays situé dans l'Amérique entre le Nouveau Mexique et la mer Glaciale. English and New discovery of a large country in America by Father Lewis Hennepin
Description:
BEIN Vanderbilt 75: Imperfect: Map for part II wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Autograph: Lib. [Giwn]? Lloyd. Booklabel: W.S. Hiltz.
Publisher:
Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley, Great Lakes (North America), Canada, and Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Subject (Name):
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Discovery and exploration, History, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 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

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Historical collections of the Great West: containing narratives of the most important and

Creator:
Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Published / Created:
1851.
Call Number:
Zc20 852ho
Image Count:
10
Description:
At head of title of v. 1: 15th thousand.
Publisher:
H. Howe
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley and West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
History and Frontier and pioneer life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Historical collections of the Great West: containing narratives of the most important and interesting events in Western history ... to which is appended historical and descriptive sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, and California

3.
Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the Western waters : containing the history of the

Creator:
Lloyd, James T.
Published / Created:
1856
Call Number:
Zc20 856LL
Image Count:
345
Description:
BEIN Zc20 856LL: Inscriptions: James M. Stewart, Jany. 15, 1865; Frances C. Carden. Advertising matter on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination.
Publisher:
James T. Lloyd & Co., Stereotyped and printed by Jesper Harding)
Subject (Geographic):
Mississippi River Valley., Mississippi River Valley, Mississippi River, Ohio River, and United States
Subject (Name):
Fitch, John, 1743-1798. and Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Steamboat disasters, Steam-navigation, Description and travel, Railroads, and History
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the Western waters : containing the history of the first application of steam, as a motive power, the lives of John Fitch and Robert Fulton ... history of the early steamboat navigation on Western waters ... a complete list of steamboats and all other vessels now afloat on the Western rivers and lakes ... maps of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers ... history of all the rail roads in the United States ... one hundred fine engravings, and sixty maps ...