New voyages to North-America. Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several Attempts of the English and French to disposses, one another; with the Reasons of the Miscarriage of the former; and the various Adventures between the French, and the Iroquese Confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A Geographical Description of Canada, and a Natural History of the Country, with Remarks upon their Government, and the Interest of the English and French in their Commerce. Also a Dialogue between the Author and a General of the Savages, giving a full View of the Religion and strange Opinions of those People: With an Account of the Author's Retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his Remarks on those Courts. To which is added, a dictionary of the Algonkine Language, which is generally spoke in North-America. Illustrated with twenty-three maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, at that Time in England. Done into English.

  • Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de, 1666-1715?.
Date:
M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]
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Nouveaux voyages. English

Publication/Creation

London : printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden-Ball, in Pater-Noster-Row, M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]

Physical description

2v.,plates : maps ; 80.

Edition

The second edition. In two volumes. ..

References note

ESTC T147168

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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