Notes on discovery of upper Mississippi River
Collection — huntington box: 15a - folder 1
Identifier: 9082
Scope and content
Handwritten notes by an unknown author. Notes mention Louis Hennepin, Robert Cavelier sieur de LaSalle, Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, Claude Jean Allouez, and Father Claude Dablon. Mention of the Huron, Ottawa and Sioux Indians, Mascouten or Asistieron, and Nation of Fire, as well. Two maps are also included. The maps were published in Paris by Thevenot in "Marquette's Map." The notes describe exploration of the river in the late 1600s.
Dates
- [ca. 1900].
Creator
- no primary creator (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
1 folders. (1 folder.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library.
- Allouez, Claude, 1622-1689.
- Dablon, Claude, 1619-1697.
- Dakota Indians
- Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century.
- Indians of North America
- Joliet, Louis, 1645-1700.
- La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687.
- Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675.
- Mascouten Indians.
- Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration.
- Ottawa Indians.
- Wyandot Indians.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)