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Book/Printed Material Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay

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Title

  • Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley : with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay

Names

  • Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892
  • Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Albany : Joseph McDonough, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--Discovery and exploration
  • -  Marquette, Jacques,--1637-1675
  • -  La Salle, Robert Cavelier,--sieur de,--1643-1687

Notes

  • -  "With a facsimile of a newly-discovered map of Marquette, of Marquette's letter, and a steel portrait of La Salle."
  • -  "Five hundred copies"--P. ii.
  • -  Thacher, II, p. 46 (Americana)

Medium

  • lxxx, 267 p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : facsim., map, port. ; 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F352 .S542
  • Thacher A862 No. 5, with publisher's presentation inscription to J.B. Thacher.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04000392

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Shea, John Gilmary, Jacques Marquette, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1903. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/04000392/.

APA citation style:

Shea, J. G., Marquette, J. & John Boyd Thacher Collection. (1903) Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. Albany: Joseph McDonough. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04000392/.

MLA citation style:

Shea, John Gilmary, Jacques Marquette, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. Albany: Joseph McDonough, 1903. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04000392/>.