Document information :

Abstract : April 1718 [Versailles.] Memoir by Bobé, on discovery of Sea of the West. Opinions of Bobé and Le Maire on Quivira; errors of the Baron de la Hontan; Hennepin's narrative; Indian accounts; assertions of La Motte on source of the Mississippi; account of western Indians by Jerémie, commander at Fort Bourbon; statements of Turpin and Marquette; distance from sources of the Mississippi and the Missouri to Sea of the West and to Japan; Spanish explorations; Chastin, settler at Kaskaskia, Illinois. 86 pp. Bib. Maz., MS.2006:no.5.

Number of pages : 86

Date : 1718-04-01

Document type : memoir

Author : Bobé

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Site:Versailles (French Seats of Government.)  Country or Continent:France  

Original Surrey Calendar Citation : Bib. Maz., MS.2006:no.5.

Updated citation : BMAZ, MS.2006:no.5.

Appearance in the Surrey Calendar : volume 1, order of appearance : 3734

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