A New Discovery of a vast Country in America

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Lot 95 | A New Discovery of a vast Country in America
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A New Discovery of a vast Country in America

Louis Hennepin, 1698

HENNEPIN, Louis (1640-?1705). 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. London: Printed for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.



First English edition, probable first issue. This work includes A continuation of the New Discovery... with separate title-page. Hennepin, a Franciscan missionary, travelled with René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, into the interior of North America. In 1679 they penetrated the area of the Great Lakes into Illinois, after which Hennepin wrote the first published account of the region. They reached the site of Peoria, Illinois where they established Fort-Crèvecouer. Hennepin and the remaining men explored the upper Mississippi when La Salle returned to Fort Frontenac for supplies. They were captured by Sioux Indians, and went with them on several hunting expeditions. During the course of one expedition they reached what Hennepin named the Falls of St. Anthony (site of Minneapolis, Minnesota). Hennepin was rescued by the French voyageur Daniel Greysolon, Sieur Dulhut, in July 1680 and returned to write his accounts in 1682. This is the so-called "Bon" issue (from end of the first line of the imprint), which is the probable first. Alden & Landis 698⁄100; Howes H-416 ("b"); Graff 1862; Church 772; Sabin 31371; Vail 278.



Two volumes in one, octavo (186 x 110mm). Two engraved folding maps, engraved frontispiece and six engraved folding plates (pale browning to plates and text, second map with repaired stub tear, small hole in last plate). Contemporary blindstamped calf (rebacked). Provenance: Richard Mynshull, 1657⁄8-1722 (bookplate dated 1702 on verso of title page) – William St. Quintin (bookplate).

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