Mississippi River Valley - Description and travel
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A description of the English province of Carolana By the Spaniards call'd Florida, and by the French, La Louisiane. Viz. I. A description of the great and famous River Meschacebe, or Missisipi. II. A Description of the Countries, People, Rivers, Bays, Harbours and Islands, to the East of Meschacebe. III. A Description of the Sea Coast, the large Rivers; their Heads and Courses, to the West of Meschacebe. IV. A Description of the Five great Seas or Lakes of fresh Water. V. A new and curious Discovery of an easy Communication between the River Meschacebe and the South-Sea, which separates America from China, by means of several large Rivers and Lakes; with a Description of the said Sea, to the Streights of Uries; as also of a rich and considerable Trade to be carry'd on from thence to Japan, China and Tartary. VI. An account of the useful animals, vegetables, metals, minerals, and other rich and valuable Commodities, which this Province naturally produces. Vii. An appendix, containing the original Charter, &c. With a large and curious preface, demonstrating the right of the English to that country, and the unjust Manner of the French usurping of it; their prodigious Increase there, &c. and the inevitable Danger our other Colonies on the Continent will be exposed to, if not timely prevented; interspersed with many useful Hints, in Regard to our Plantations in General. To which is added, a large and accurate map of Carolana, and of the River Meschacebe. By Daniel Coxe, Esq;.
Coxe, Daniel, 1673-1739.Date: 1741- E-books
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Letters to the Dutchess of Lesdiguieres; giving an account of a voyage to Canada, ... and Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico. ... By Father Charlevoix. ..
Charlevoix, Pierre-Fran�cois-Xavier de, 1682-1761.Date: 1763- E-books
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A description of the western territory of North America; containing a succinct account of its climate, natural history, population, agriculture, manners and customs, ... To which is annexed a delineation of the laws and government of the state of Kentucky. ... In a series o letters to a friend in England. By G. Imlay, ..
Imlay, Gilbert, 1754?-1828.Date: 1793- E-books
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An historical narrative and topographical description of Louisiana, and West-Florida , comprehending the river Mississippi with its principal branches and settlements, and the rivers Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobille, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-Hatcha, &c. The climate, soil, and produce whether animal, vegetable, or mineral; with directions for sailing into all the bays, lakes, harbours and rivers on the north side of the Gulf of Mexico, and for navigating between the islands situated along that coast, and ascending the Mississippi River. By Thomas Hutchins, geographer to the United States.
Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- E-books
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An official account of the situation, soil, produce, &c. of that part of Louisiana, which lies between the mouth of the Missouri and New Madrid, or l'anse à la graise, and on the west side of the Mississippi . Together with an abstract of the Spanish government, &c.
Delassus Deluzières, Pierre Charles de Hault, 1738-1806.Date: [1796]