CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
[The French arms on the title are those used by the Royal Printing-Office in Paris in the Seventeenth Century.]
| INTRODUCTION. | |
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| Physiography of North America. Nathaniel S. Shaler | [i] |
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| CHAPTER I. | |
| Cortereal, Verrazano, Gomez, Thevet. George Dexter | [1] |
| Illustration: Early Fishing Stages, [3]. | |
| Critical Essay. | [12] |
| Illustration: The Verrazano map, [26]. | |
| Autographs: Francis I., [23]; Janus Verrazanus, [25]. | |
| MAPS OF THE EASTERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, 1500-1535. The Editor | [33] |
| Illustrations: The Admiral’s map, [34]; Portuguese Chart (1503), [35]; Map ofLazaro Luis, [37]; of Verrazano (1529), [37]; of Ribero (1529), [38]; of Maiollo(1527), [39]; of Agnese (1536), [40]; of Münster (1540), [41]; Ulpius Globe (1542), [42];Carta Marina (1548), [43]; Lok’s Map (1582), [44]; John White’s Map (1585), [45];Map of North America (1532-1540), [46]. | |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Jacques Cartier and his Successors. Benjamin F. De Costa | [47] |
| Illustration: Jacques Cartier, [48]. | |
| Autographs: Jacques Cartier, [48]; Henri the Dauphin, [56]. | |
| Critical Essay | [62] |
| Illustrations: Maps of Allefonsce, [74], [75], [76], [77]; of Des Liens (1566), [78]. | |
| CARTOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.1535-1600. The Editor | [81] |
| Illustrations: The Nancy Globe, [81]; Ulpius Globe (1542), [82]; Maps of Rotz(1542), [83], [83]; Cabot Mappemonde (1544), [84]; Münster’s Map (1545), [84]; Mapof Medina (1545), [85]; of Henri II. (1546), [85]; of Freire (1546), [86]; inBritish Museum, [87]; of Nic. Vallard, [87]; of Gastaldi, [88]; belonging toJomard, [89]; of Bellero, [89]; of Baptista Agnese (1544), [90]; of Volpellio, [90];of Gastaldi in Ramusio, [91]; of Homem (1558), [92]; of Ruscelli (1561), [92];of Zaltieri (1566), [93]; of Mercator (1569), [94]; of Ortelius (1570), [95]; ofPorcacchi (1572), [96]; of Martines (1578), [97]; of Judæis (1593), [97]; of JohnDee (1580), [98]; of De Bry, (1596), [99]; of Wytfliet, [100]; of Quadus (1600),[101]. | |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Champlain. Edmund F. Slafter | [103] |
| Illustrations: Map of Port St. Louis, [109]; of Tadoussac, [114]; of Quebec(1613), [115]; of the St. Lawrence River (1609), [117]; View of Quebec, [118];Champlain, [119]; Defeat of the Iroquois, [120]; Champlain’s Route (1615), [125];Taking of Quebec (1629), [128]. | |
| Autographs: Champlain, [119]; Montmagny, [130]. | |
| Critical Essay | [130] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Acadia. Charles C. Smith | [135] |
| Illustrations: Sieur de Monts, [136]; Isle de Sainte Croix, [137]; Buildings onthe same, [139]; Lescarbot’s Map of Port Royal, [140]; Champlain’s Map ofPort Royal, [141]; Map of Gulf of Maine (circum 1610), [143]; Buildings atPort Royal, [144]; Map of Pentagöet, [146]; Sir William Phips, [147]; JesuitMap (1663), [148]. | |
| Autographs: Henry IV., [136]; Razilly, [142]; La Tour, [143]; D’Aulnay, [143];Robert Sedgwick, [145]; John Leverett, [145]; St. Castine, [146]. | |
| Critical Essay | [149] |
| Illustrations: Lescarbot’s Map of Acadia, [152]; La Hontan’s Map of Acadia, [153];Sir William Alexander, [156]; Francis Parkman, [157]. | |
| Autograph: Francis Parkman, [157]. | |
| Notes. The Editor | [159] |
| Illustrations: Map of Fort Loyal, [159];Map of Pemaquid, [160]. | |
| Autographs: De Meneval, [160]; De Villebon, [160];Le Moyne d’Iberville, [161]. | |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Discovery along the Great Lakes. Edward D. Neill | [163] |
| Illustrations: The Soleil, [192]; its bottom, [193]. | |
| Autographs: Argenson, [168]; Mézy, [172]; Courcelle, [177]; Frontenac, [177]; Henryde Tonty, [182]. | |
| Critical Essay | [196] |
| Editorial Note | [198] |
| Illustration: Map of early French explorations, [200]. | |
| JOLIET, MARQUETTE, AND LA SALLE. The Editor | [201] |
| Illustrations: Map of the Ottawa Route (1640-1650), [202]; Dollier and Galinée’sExplorations, [203]; Lakes and the Mississippi, [206]; Joliet’s Map (1673-74), [208];Fac-simile of Joliet’s Letter, [210]; Joliet’s Larger Map (1674), [212], [213];Joliet’s Smaller Map, [214]; Basin of the Great Lakes, [215]; Joliet’s CarteGénérale, [218]; Marquette’s Genuine Map, [220]; Mississippi Valley (1672-73), [221];Fort Frontenac, [222]; Map by Franquelin (1682), [227]; (1684), [228];(1688), [230-231]; by Coronelli et Tillemon (1688), [232]; by Raffeix (1688), [233];Ontario and Erie, by Raffeix (1688), [234]; by Raudin, [235]; La Salle’sCamp, [236]; Map by Minet (1685), [237]; Murder of La Salle, [243]; Portraitof La Salle, [244]. | |
| Autographs: Joliet, [204]; Raffeix, [232]; De Beaujeu, [234]; Le Cavelier, [234]. | |
| FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN. The Editor | [247] |
| Illustrations: Niagara Falls, [248]; Hennepin’s Map (1683), [249]; (1697), [251], [252-253];title of New Discovery, [256]. | |
| BARON LA HONTAN. The Editor | [257] |
| Illustrations: La Hontan’s Map (1709), [258], [259]; (1703), [260]; his RivièreLongue, [261]. | |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Jesuits, Recollects, and the Indians. John Gilmary Shea | [263] |
| Illustrations: Paul le Jeune, [272]; Map of the Iroquois Country, [281]. | |
| Autographs: Trouvé, [266]; Fremin, [268]; Gabriel Druilletes, [270]; Bailloquet, [270];Albanel, [271]; Dalmas, [271]; Buteux, [271]; Bigot, [273]; De Noue, [273];Sébastien Rale, [273]; Belmont, [275]; Garnier, [276]; Garreau, [277]; Chabanel, [277];Gabriel Lalemant, [278]; Raymbault, [279]; Claude Dablon, [280]; Menard, [280];D’Ailleboust, [282]; Lamberville, [285]; Picquet, [285]. | |
| Critical Essay | [290] |
| Illustration: J. S. Clarke’s Map of the Mission Sites among the Iroquois, [293]. | |
| THE JESUIT RELATIONS. The Editor | [295] |
| Illustrations: A Canadian (Creuxius), [297]; Map of Indian Tribes in the OhioValley (1600), [298]; Map of Montreal and its Vicinity, [303]; Map of the Siteof Montreal (Lescarbot), [304]; Map of the Huron Country, [305]; Brebeuf, [307];Titlepage of the Relation of 1662-63, [310]; The Forts on the SorelRiver (1662-63), [311]; Map of Tracy’s Campaign (1666), [312]; Jesuit Mapof Lake Superior, [312]; Plans of the Forts, [313]; Madame de la Peltrie, [314]. | |
| Autographs: A. Carayon, [295]; Lafitau, [298]; Cadwallader Colden, [299]; Bresani , [305]; Gabriel Druilletes, [306]; Ragueneau, [307]; Brebeuf, [307]; JosephusPoncet, [308]; Simon Le Moyne, [308]; Margaret Bourgeois, [309]; FrancoisEvesque de Petrée, [309]; Menard, [309]; Vignal, [310]; Tracy, [311]; Allouez, [311]; Courcelle, [311]; Le Mercier, [311]; De Salignac, [312]; Jacques Marquette, [313];Claude Dablon, [313]; L. Jolliet, [315]; Bigot, [315]; Chaumonot , [316];Jacques Gravier, [316]; Marest, [316]. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Frontenac and his Times. George Stewart, Jr. | [317] |
| Illustrations: Early View of Quebec, [320]; Canadian on Snow Shoes, [331];Plan of Attack on Quebec (1690), [354]. | |
| Autographs: Louis XIV., [323]; Frontenac, [326]; Duchesneau, [334]; Seignelay, [337];Le Fèbre de la Barre, [337]; De Meules, [337]; De Denonville, [343];Champigny, [346]; Engelran, [348]. | |
| Critical Essay | [356] |
| Editorial Notes | [361] |
| Illustrations: Quebec Medal, [361]; Plan of Attack on Quebec (1690), [362], [363];Canadian Soldier, [365]. | |
| Autographs: Monseignat, [364]; Frontenac, [364]; William Phips, [364]; JohnWalley, [364]; Thomas Savage, [364]; S. Davis, [364]; Fitz-John Winthrop, [364];Philip Schuyler, [365]; Ben. Fletcher, [365]; De Courtemanche, [365];Colbert, [366]. | |
| GENERAL ATLASES AND CHARTS OF THE SIXTEENTH ANDSEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. The Editor | [369] |
| Illustrations: Title of Wytfliet’s Atlas, [370]; Gerard Mercator, [371]; AbrahamOrtelius, [372]; Mercator’s Mappemonde (1569), [373]. | |
| Autographs: Gerardus Mercator, [371]; Abraham Ortelius, [372]. | |
| MAPS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SHOWING CANADA.The Editor | [377] |
| Illustrations: Map of Molineaux (1600), [377]; of Botero (1603), [378]; Lescarbot’sNewfoundland (1609), [379]; Map by Champlain (1612), [380], [381]; (1613), [382];by Jacobsz (1621), [383]; by Briggs (1625), [383]; by Speed (1626), [384];by De Laet, [384]; by Jannson, [385]; by Visscher, [385]; by Champlain(1632), [386], [387]; by Dudley (1647), [388]; by Creuxius (1660), [389]; by Covens andMortier, [390]; by Gottfried (1655), [390]; by Sanson (1656), [391]; by Blaeu(1662), [391]; in Ogilby’s America (1670), [392], [393]; in Campanius (1702), [394]. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| New Netherland, or the Dutch in North America. Berthold Fernow | [395] |
| Autographs: Peter Minuet, [398]; Julian Van Rensselaer, [400]; W. van Twiller, [401];P. Stuyvesant, [406]; A. Colve, [409]. | |
| Critical Essay | [409] |
| Illustrations: Ribero’s Map (1529), [413]; Dutch Vessels (1618), [415]; TheFigurative Map (1616), [433]; De Laet’s Map (1630), [436]; Visscher’s Map, [438];Van der Donck’s Map (1656), [438]. | |
| Autographs: Johan De Laet, [417];Adrian Van der Donck, [419]; Johannes Megapolensis, [420]; Isaac Jogues,[421]; Cornelis Melyn, [425]. | |
| Editorial Notes | [439] |
| Illustration: Map of New York and Vicinity (1666), [440]. | |
| Autographs: Everhard Bogardus, [441]; Willem Kieft, [441]. | |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| New Sweden, or the Swedes on the Delaware. Gregory B. Keen | [443] |
| Illustrations: Visscher’s Map (1651), [467]; Trinity Fort, [473]; Siege of ChristinaFort, [480]; Lindström’s Map (1654-55), [481]; Map of Atlantic Colonies(Campanius), [485]. | |
| Autographs: Willem Usselinx, [443]; Gustavus Adolphus, [444]; Axel Oxenstjerna,[444]; S. Blommaert, [445]; Peter Spiring, [445]; Peter Minuit, [446]; ClasFleming, [447]; Queen Christina, [448]; Hendrick Huygen, [448]; J. Beier, [449];Peter Hollender, Ridder, [449]; Johan Printz, [452]; Sven Schute, [454]; GregoriousVan Dyck, [454]; Peter Brahe, [458]; Johan Papegåja, [458]; A. Hudde,[461]; Laurentz, [464]; Hans Amundson, [465]; Hans Kramer, [469]; Gustaf Printz, [470]; ErikOxenstjerna, [471]; Johan Rising, [471]; Christer Bonde, [471]; Thijssen Anckerhelm,[472]; Peter Lindström, [472]; Sven Höök, [475]; Henrich von Elswich,[475]; King Carl Gastaff, [477]; Jöran Fleming, [477]. | |
| Critical Essay | [488] |
| Illustrations: Title of Manifest und Vertragbrieff (1624), [489]; Title of Campanius(1702), [492]. | |
| INDEX | [503] |
