Histoire de la Nouvelle France. Tome III.
[Ganeau, Veuve]
Paris
Charlevoix, a Jesuit, was sent by his order to Canada in 1705 and 1720 to report on the Jesuit missions in that country. His work includes detailed accounts of Indian tribes and settlements. This volume includes remarks by Bellin on the accuracy of his maps which "are marked by the latest discoveries, in 1742."
From F. P. Xavier Charlevoix's 1744 "Journal d'un Voyage," vol. 3.
Includes 10 maps: "Carte de l'Ocean Occidental et Partie de l'Amerique Septentrionale," "Carte du Cours de la Riviere du Saguenay appellée par les Sauvages Pitchitaouichetz," "Plan de la Baye de Pensacola," "Partie de la Coste de la Louisiane et de la Floride," "Partie de la Coste de la Louisiane et de la Floride," "Carte du Detroit entre le lac Superieur et le lac Huron, avec le Sault Sainte Marie et le Poste de Michillimakinac." "Carte des lacs du Canada," "Plan de la Ville de Quebec," "Plan du Bassin de Quebec et de ses Environs," "Carte de l'isle d'Orleans et du Passage de la Traverse dans le Fleuve St. Laurent."