JOUTEL, HENRI. A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, To find out the Mouth of the Missisipi River. London: A. Bell [et al.], 1714. Engraved folding map of the North American Atlantic coast. 8vo, modern full morocco gilt, by Bayntun; map with a few very small skilful repairs. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the "most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-year wanderings in Texas. The map, based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations, was the first accurate delineation of that river" (Howes). Sabin 36762; Howes J266; Wagner, Spanish Southwest, 79a.

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JOUTEL, HENRI. A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, To find out the Mouth of the Missisipi River. London: A. Bell [et al.], 1714. Engraved folding map of the North American Atlantic coast. 8vo, modern full morocco gilt, by Bayntun; map with a few very small skilful repairs. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of the "most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-year wanderings in Texas. The map, based on La Salle's Mississippi explorations, was the first accurate delineation of that river" (Howes). Sabin 36762; Howes J266; Wagner, Spanish Southwest, 79a.