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Rare work, including the hardly ever found map, with curious account of last voyage by De la Salle, exploring the river Missisippi
JOUTEL, Henri.Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. De la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure & le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi, nommée à présent la rivière de Saint Louis, que traverse la Louisiane. Où on voit l'histoire tragique de sa mort, & plusieurs choses curieuses du nouveau monde.     Paris, Estienne Robinot, 1713. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine with gilt ornamented compartments and red morocco title-label, red sprinkled edges. Beautiful large folding engraved map. XXXIV, 386 pp. Extremely rare original edition relating of the last journey made by De La Salle to America and the Mexican Gulf to explore the river Missisippi and Louisiana. The expedition turned out tragically as De La Salle was murdered by his own men during the journey, on March 19, 1687. This account is written by Henri Joutel, one of his companions and probably the only one on board which he could rely on. Charlevoix, who knew Joutel personally, once described him as a very upright man. This work is rare as it is, but our copy is of a much greater rarity because it contains the large folding map, which is almost never found with the book. The beautiful designed and engraved map depicts a small view of Nicaragua, part of the Atlantic and the coastal areas of America and Middle America, which are relevant for the expedition. Besides the mouth of the Missisippi it records many other small rivers, described for the first time by De la Salle. Good copy.- (Spine restored, some browning).
Sabin 36760; Leclerc 925; Chadenat 2656; Wagner, The Spanish South-West 79; JCB I, 177.
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