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Description de la Louisiane, : nouvellement decouverte au sud' oüest de la Nouvelle France, par ordre du roy. Avec la carte du pays, les moeurs & la maniere de vivre des sauvages.

Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century, Guérard, Nicolas, approximately 1648-1719 · 1683 · A Paris, : Chez la veuve Sebastien Huré, ruë Saint Jacques, à l'image S. Jerome, prés S. Severin. · 4 pictures

Hennepin's 1683 Paris account of Louisiana, published by the widow of Sebastien Huré for a French readership, describes the country explored for Robert Cavelier de La Salle and the customs of its native peoples. The pictures are small woodcut ornaments: two winged putti, one with a mirror and one leaning on a column, beside a scrolled ornamental device, with a bookplate and library stamp in the scan.

La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687 · Indians of North America · Imprint 1683

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