Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7Joutel, Henri
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Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7
Joutel, Henri
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Louisiana -- History -- To 1803; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
Shea’s edition of Dablon’s “Relation de la Nouvelle France, 1673
à 1679,” New York, 1860, has a reproduction of a map made by the
Jesuits in 1673, showing the missions upon Lake Michigan. Hennepin’s
“Description de la Louisiane,” Paris, 1683, contains a map made
upon data by Hennepin. The later editions of this work are also
accompanied by a map. Parkman gives a reproduction of the portion
of Franqulin’s famous map, which shows La Salle’s colony on the
Illinois, and that portion showing the lower part of the Mississippi
is reproduced in Thomassy’s “Géologie de la Louisiane.” A map made
by Minet, the engineer of La Salle’s last expedition, which gives
two separate views of the mouth of the Mississippi, is given in a
reduced size in Gravier’s “La Salle,” and in Thomassy’s “Géologie
de la Louisiane.” Le Clercq’s “Premier établissement de la foy,”
Paris, 1691; Hennepin’s “Nouvelle découverte,” and “Nouveau Voyage;”
La Hontan’s “Nouveaux Voyages dans l’Amérique,” La Haye, 1703;
Coxe’s “Description of Carolana,” London, 1742, and Charlevoix’s
“Histoire de la Nouvelle France,” Paris, 1744, are accompanied by
maps made nearly contemporaneously with the publication of the works
in question. A facsimile De Lisle’s map of 1700, which indicates the
course of the early explorers, is in Gravier’s “La Salle” and in
French’s Collections, pt. 2. A map by Joutel, dated 1713, accompanies
the printed editions of his journal. Margry’s “Découvertes et
établissements des Français,” when completed, will include a volume
devoted to maps now inedited. The third volume of this collection
contains an outline sketch, representing La Salle’s discoveries. A
modern map, representing countries traversed by Marquette, Hennepin,
and La Salle, is given in Parkman’s “La Salle.”
We next give a list of publications which treat of the explorations of
the Mississippi valley, arranged in chronological order. Works which
have been cited under different headings of this article are, in most
cases, not included in this enumeration.
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