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  • Collection: Europeans' First Encounters with Indigenous Peoples

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-LeBeau-Vol1-CarteCanada-p1.jpg
Transcription of text on map (bottom right corner): "Carte du Canada / Dediée a / Son Altesse Serenissime / Monseigneur / E. J. G. de Biron / Duc de Courlande / de Semigalle &c. / Par / son très humble & très / obeissant…

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Lafitau-Vol2-titlepage.jpg
Transcription of text on title page: “Mœurs / des / sauvages / ameriquains, / compare’es aux mœurs / des premiers temps. / Par le P. Lafitau, de la compagni de Jesus. / Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. / Tome troisieme. / A Paris, / chez…

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Lafitau-Vol1-titlepage.jpg
Transcription of text on title page: “Mœurs / des / sauvages / ameriquains, / compare’es aux mœurs / des premiers temps. / Par le P. Lafitau, de la compagni de Jesus. / Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. / Tome premier. / Impr. à Rollan, &…

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Lafitau-Vol1-IndigenousPeoples-p103.jpg
The illustration is described in Lafitau’s work as follows: “Fig. 1 Hurons & Iroquois, homme & femme. 2. Algonquin & Algonquine. 3. Eskimaux, homme & femme. 4. Peuples du Groenland & de la Nouvelle-Zemble”.…

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Rare-Books-Radisson-Voyages-Map.JPG
A map detailing various Indigenous First Nations peoples and their traditional territories on the inside of the spine of the book, between pages 52 and 53. The book is a reprint compiling letters and accounts of Radisson and a number of other…

UO-ISI6354-BibUOLib-Morisset-Lahontan-Voyages-Letter-4.JPG
TheVoyages du Baron de la Hontan dans L’Amerique Septentrionale(reprint) begins the 4th letter written by Baron de la Hontan. The letter describes the people he encounters in the Saint Laurent Valley, including French Canadians, fur traders and…

UO-ISI6354-ARCS-Rare-Books-Kalm-Voyage-Cover.JPG
The Front Cover of a reprinted book. The Book is the accounts of Pehr Kalm, a Swedish explorer and scientist while visiting Canada. He discusses the peoples he encounters while there, including Indigenous peoples and French Canadians. The book was…

uo-isi6354-rar-Moodie.jpg
Transcription of text on title page: "Roughing it in the bush; / or, / life in Canada. / By Susan Moodie. / I sketch from nature, and the picture's true; / whate'er the subject, whether grave or gay, / painful experience in distant land / made it my…

uo-isi6354-rar-Jameson.jpg
Transcription of text on title page: Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men. / By Mrs. Jameson. / New edition. / London: / Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. / 1852." The title page represents a reprint book of the most interesting…

uo-isi6354-rar-Fleming-Humphreys.jpg
This illustration is on page 358, vol. 1 of Narrative of the canadian red river exploring expedition of 1857: And of the assinniboine and saskatchewan exploring expedition of 1858. The illustration portrays how the Cree Indians trap and capture the…
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