Striking Illustration of an Iroquis Battle Scene from the Work of Lahontan Interesting engraving depicting the forest near an Iroquois village, with several lines of soldiers facing off. Upon a hill, toward the top of the engraving, are Iriquois...
The Crocodile on Baron Lahanton's Longue River This small map was prepared to illustrate a section of Baron Lahontan's imaginary west to east Long River (Riviere Longue), rising in distant western mountains and emptying into the upper Mississippi....
Lahontan's Account of the Battle of Placentia Nice example of Baron Lahontan's illustration of the Battle of Placentia (September 1692), which was fought between the English and the French at Fort St. Louis (Castle Hill) in Placentia, Newfoundland...
Important Early French Fur Trading Post. Interesting engraving depicting the Encampment of Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre de La Barre. La Barre (1622-1688) was the Governor of New France from 1682 to 1685. Having replaced the frustrated Comte de...