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 : also, the manners, customs, and languages of the several native Indians, and the advantage of commerce with those different nations : with a continuation, giving an account of the attempts of the Sieur de la Salle upon the mines of St. Barbe, &c. : the taking of Quebec by the English, with the advantages of a shorter cut to China and Japan : both parts illustrated with maps and figures, and dedicated to His Majesty K. William / by L. Hennepin ; to which is added, several new discoveries in North-America, not publish'd in the French edition.

A translation of his Nouvelle découverte and of his Nouveau voyage.
Frontispiece is conjugate with leaf A8.
The "Continuation" has special t.p.
The "Account of several new discoveries" includes Joliet's account of New France [p. 303-305]; "An account of M. LaSalles voyage to the river Mississippi. Directed to Count Frontenac, governor of New-France" (p. 307-317); "A discovery of some new countries and nations in the northern America. By Father Marquette" (p. 318-349); and some account of La Salle's later discoveries and death (p. 350-358).
For a detailed bibliographical description of this ed. see V.H. Paltsits. Bibl. of the works of Father Louis Hennepin, Chicago, 1903, p. lxi-lxiii.
One of 2 issues of the first ed. in English.
Lacks the eng'd frontispiece.