Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8): French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700
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Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8): French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700
America -- Discovery and exploration; America -- History; United States -- History
Hennepin’s book also appeared in the third edition, at Amsterdam
(1737), of Bernard’s _Recueil de Voyages au Nord_, vol. ix., with a map
called “Le Cours du fleuve Mississipi, 1737.” Cf. Shea, no. 8; Sabin,
no. 4,936; _Historical Magazine_, ii. 25. It also appeared at Amsterdam
in 1720, in _Relations de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississippi_
(Dufossé, 1878, no. 4,577), and again in 1737 in connection with a
translation of Garcilasso de la Vega (Dr. O’Callaghan in _Historical
Magazine_, ii. 24). An abridgment appeared in Paris, in 1720, under the
title, _Description de la Louisiane, par le Chevalier Bonrepos_, pp. 45
(Lenox in _Historical Magazine_, ii. 25).
The following translations may be noted:—
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DUTCH.—1. _Nieuwe Ontdekkinge_, etc., Amsterdam, 1699.
COPY: =CB.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 9; Sabin, no. 31,359; Harrisse, no. 183.
2. _Nieuwe Entdekkinge_, etc., Amsterdam, 1702. It follows the 1697
French edition, with the same maps and plates, and has Capiné’s book on
the Spanish West Indies appended.
COPIES: =BA.=, =CB.=, =L.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 10; Sabin, no. 31,360; Lenox in _Historical
Magazine_, vol. ii. p. 25; Muller, 1870, no. 912, and 1877, no. 1,397;
Brinley, no. 4,493; O’Callaghan, no. 1,076; Carter-Brown, vol. iii.
no. 23.
3. _Aenmerkelyke Voyagie_, etc., Leyden, 1704.
COPY: =CB.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 11; Sabin, no. 31,361; Carter-Brown, vol. iii.
nos. 53, 54; Stevens, vol. i. no. 1,437; Muller, 1870, no. 913, and
1877, no. 1,398.
4. _Aanmerkkelyke_ _Voyagie_, etc., Rotterdam, 1704. It is usually
found with Benzoni’s _West-Indise Voyagien_, and also in Van der Aa’s
Collection of Voyages, 1704.
COPIES: =C.=, =CB.=, =L.=
REFERENCES: Shea, nos. 12, 13; Sabin, no. 31,362; Lenox in _Historical
Magazine_, vol. ii. p. 25.
5. _Nieuwe Ontdekkinge_, etc. Amsterdam, 1722.
COPY: =CB.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 14; Sabin, no. 31,363.
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ENGLISH.—_Discovery of a Large, Rich, and Plentiful Country_, etc.,
London, 1720.
COPIES: =BA.=, =CB.=, =HC.= REFERENCES: Shea, no. 2; Sabin, nos.
20,247, 31,373; _Historical Magazine_, vol. i. p. 347; Rich, no. 12;
Carter-Brown, vol. iii. no. 267.
This is an abridgment.
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GERMAN.—1. _Neue Entdeckung_, etc. Bremen, 1699.
COPIES: =CB.=, =L.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 15; _Historical Magazine_, vol. i. p. 347,
vol. ii. p. 25; Sabin, no. 31,367; Carter-Brown, vol. ii. no. 1,572;
Harrisse, no. 185; Stevens, vol. i. no. 1,435.
2. _Beschreibung der Grosser Flusse Mississipi. Dritte Auflage_,
Leipzig, 1720.
COPY: =L.=
REFERENCES: Lenox in _Historical Magazine_, vol. ii. p. 25.
3. _Neue Reise Beschreibung_, etc., Nürnberg, 1739.
COPY: =CB.=
REFERENCES: Shea, no. 16; Carter-Brown, vol. iii. no. 604.
4. _Neue Entdeckung_, etc., Bremen, 1742.
COPY: =CB.=
REFERENCE: Carter-Brown, vol. iii. no. 708.
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