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[Mississippi River after Hennepin] Bernard, Le Cours de Fleuve Missisipi Selon les Relations le plus modernes, Amsterdam, 1737. 14½ x 17½. Olc. A few edge tears repaired, remnants of old mount verso, a few rust spots. Good+. $2,250.00
Probably from Bernard's 10-part Recueil De Voiges Au Nord... Follows Hennepin closely with the usual distortions; names New Orleans, shows cabins along the Mississippi. Tepees west of the Great Lakes indicate homes of people of the prairie. Describes Niagara Falls as being 100 toises high. (Toise = a little over six feet.) McCorkle 737.1
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