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AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION
A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America
VOLUME 1
by Louis Hennepin
DOCUMENT No. AJ-124A
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I
© Wisconsin Historical Society 2003
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-124a |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/ |
| Document Title | A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America |
| Author | Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent. |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Source | Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, by Father Louis Hennepin. Reprinted from the Second London Issue of 1698, with Facsimiles of Original Title-Pages, Maps, and Illustrations, and the Addition of Introduction, Notes, and Index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. In Two Volumes. (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903). Volume 1. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/summary/ |
| Genre | travel narrative; memoir; translation; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Canada; Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; Northeast; |
| State / Province | Ontario; New York; Michigan; Wisconsin; Indiana; Illinois; Louisiana; Minnesota; Quebec; |
| Event Date | 1675-1682; 1698 |
| Expedition / Settlement | La Salle Expeditions, 1678-1687 |
| Ethnicity | French; Indian; |
| Indian Tribe | Iroquois; Illinois; Miami; Taensa; Choctaw; Ottawa; Huron Including Wyandot Indians; Tamaroa; |
| Key Persons & Places | Mississippi River |
| Encounters | discovery; contact / meeting; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; communication; crime; white attitudes; |
| Life Stages | death; courtship & marriage; |
| Daily Life | food & water; health & illness; tools & implements; clothing; jewelry & adornment; customs; |
| Art | music; dance; |
| Religion & Beliefs | missionaries; Catholic; conversion; Indian beliefs; Indian practices; |
| Politics | intertribal relations; captivity; slavery; warfare & battles; international relations; |
| Economics | hunting; trade & barter; |
| Science & Technology | geography; transportation; construction; |
| Topography | rivers; lakes; |
| Animals | mammals; reptiles & amphibians; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-124a |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-124a |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/ |
| Document Title | A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America |
| Author | Hennepin, Louis, 17th cent. |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Page | document cover page |
| Document Source | Hennepin, Louis. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, by Father Louis Hennepin. Reprinted from the Second London Issue of 1698, with Facsimiles of Original Title-Pages, Maps, and Illustrations, and the Addition of Introduction, Notes, and Index by Reuben Gold Thwaites. In Two Volumes. (Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903). Volume 1. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-124a/summary/ |
| Genre | travel narrative; memoir; |
| Page Type | document cover page; |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Canada; Great Lakes & Mississippi Valley; Northeast; |
| Event Date | 1675-1682; 1698 |
| Expedition / Settlement | La Salle Expeditions, 1678-1687 |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-124a-0000 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/ |
| Full Text |
AMERICAN JOURNEYS COLLECTION A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America VOLUME 1 by Louis Hennepin DOCUMENT No. AJ-124A WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIGITAL LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES I I www.americanjourneys.org I www.wisconsinhistory.org I I © Wisconsin Historical Society 2003 |