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JOUTEL, Henri (ca 1640-1735). Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver l'embouchure, & le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi, nommée à present la Riviere de Saint Loüis, qui traverse la Louisiane. Paris: Estienne Robinot, 1713.
12o (159 x 94 mm). Engraved folding map of the eastern half of the present-day United States (370 x 405 mm). Contemporary French calf, spine gilt, citron morocco lettering piece, edges stained red (some light rubbing).
FIRST EDITION, WITH THE FIRST MAP TO GIVE THE RESULTS OF THE LAST TWO VOYAGES OF LA SALLE. "Joutel accompanied the expedition and after La Salle's assassination he made his way across Texas to the Red River and thence to the Arkansas and up the Mississippi to Fort St. Louis. The map and the account are important documents of the East Texas region..." (Streeter sale, I:112, English edition). Joutel wrote his account to counteract statements made by Tonti in Dernières découvertes... de M. de la Sale (Paris, 1697). Charlevoix said that Joutel was a very trustworthy man and the only one of La Salle's party on whom one could rely. Alden & Landis 713/103; Church 855; Howes J-266 ("Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas. The map, based on La Salle's Mississippi exploration, was the first accurate delineation of that river"); Palau 132335; Sabin 36760; Wagner Spanish Southwest 79.
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FIRST EDITION, WITH THE FIRST MAP TO GIVE THE RESULTS OF THE LAST TWO VOYAGES OF LA SALLE. "Joutel accompanied the expedition and after La Salle's assassination he made his way across Texas to the Red River and thence to the Arkansas and up the Mississippi to Fort St. Louis. The map and the account are important documents of the East Texas region..." (Streeter sale, I:112, English edition). Joutel wrote his account to counteract statements made by Tonti in Dernières découvertes... de M. de la Sale (Paris, 1697). Charlevoix said that Joutel was a very trustworthy man and the only one of La Salle's party on whom one could rely. Alden & Landis 713/103; Church 855; Howes J-266 ("Most reliable eye-witness account of La Salle's two-years wanderings in Texas. The map, based on La Salle's Mississippi exploration, was the first accurate delineation of that river"); Palau 132335; Sabin 36760; Wagner Spanish Southwest 79.