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lxxv, 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Relation of the sieur De lamotte Cadillac, Captain en pied, having a company of the marine in Canada, the aforementioned [being the] commandant of Michilimackinac and other distant posts where he was for three years. a very interesting work, based upon the author's original and not yet printed. by D. . . . D., at Versailles at Parc au Cerf, 1718 -- D'Aigremont's mémoire of 14 November, 1708 -- Mémoire on the establishment of Michilimackinac, by Bégon, September 20, 1713 -- Appendix. Other translated documents that relate to Michilimackinac in this period
"The book offers scholarly translations of important documents that provide a window into Michilimackinac's centrality to the French imperial and trade network, and the place of Indians in French policy in this period"--