Some Considerations on the Consequences of the French Settling Colonies on the Mississippi, with Respect to the Trade ... of the English Plantations in America ... From a Gentleman of America, to His Friend in LondonJ. Roberts, 1720 - 60 pages |
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... Discovery of it . We find no Account of the River Mississip- pi ( tho ' without doubt fomething of it was known from the Days of Hernandes à Soto , who croffed over it Anno 1541 , as he was re- turning from his fruitless Expedition ...
... Discovery of it . We find no Account of the River Mississip- pi ( tho ' without doubt fomething of it was known from the Days of Hernandes à Soto , who croffed over it Anno 1541 , as he was re- turning from his fruitless Expedition ...
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... Discoveries , he went over into Canada , and purchas'd a Settlement in the Ifland of Montreal , 60 Leagues above Que bec on the River St. Laurence . Upon the Re- commendations of the Governors of Canada , who had fucceffively exprefs'd ...
... Discoveries , he went over into Canada , and purchas'd a Settlement in the Ifland of Montreal , 60 Leagues above Que bec on the River St. Laurence . Upon the Re- commendations of the Governors of Canada , who had fucceffively exprefs'd ...
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... Discovery more compleat , he appointed Father Hennepin to Travel to the Northward , and trace the Ri- ver up to its Source , referving to himself the Honour of searching for its Mouth . The Fry- ar fet out a long Time before Mr. de Sale ...
... Discovery more compleat , he appointed Father Hennepin to Travel to the Northward , and trace the Ri- ver up to its Source , referving to himself the Honour of searching for its Mouth . The Fry- ar fet out a long Time before Mr. de Sale ...
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... Discoveries in that Particular , than any they have yet published . But the chief Glory of Lonifiana is the Famous Mississippi , in many Respects the finest River in the World ; it springs from several Lakes to the Weftward of Hudson's ...
... Discoveries in that Particular , than any they have yet published . But the chief Glory of Lonifiana is the Famous Mississippi , in many Respects the finest River in the World ; it springs from several Lakes to the Weftward of Hudson's ...
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... Discoveries of our Indian Traders or Con- reurs de Bois , as the French call them , who range over thefe Parts of the Continent . Befides , all the Plantations we are actual- ly poffefs'd of at this Time , lie naked and open to every ...
... Discoveries of our Indian Traders or Con- reurs de Bois , as the French call them , who range over thefe Parts of the Continent . Befides , all the Plantations we are actual- ly poffefs'd of at this Time , lie naked and open to every ...
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