Niagara Falls 



1696 



1696 ALLARD, Carel. Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae Septentrio- 

 Allard na iJ s e j Meridionalis tabula. (In his Atlas minor. . . . Amstelo- 



dami. Ex officina Caroli Allard. [1696]. No. 138.) 

 " Saut de Niagara." 



1697-187- 



1697-187- Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N. Y. Views of Niagara Falls, taken 

 from various sources. 1697-187—. 



These views are mounted on twenty-six large mats and annotated in 

 chronological order. Each view is cited separately in this chapter, in its 

 chronological order, reference in each case being made to the Grosvenor 

 Library and the number of the mat on which the view may be found. 



1697 



1697 HENNEPIN, Louis. Carte d'une tres grand pais nouvellement 

 Heanepln decouvert dans l'Amerique Septentrionale entre le Nouveau Mexique et la 



Mer Glaciale. 14'/2x17. (In his Nouveau voyage. A Utrecht. 

 1697.) 



" Saut de Niagara de 1 00 Toises." 



HENNEPIN, Louis. Carte d'un tres grand pays entre le Nouveau 

 Mexique et la Mer Glaciale. 16|/2x20. (In his Nouveau voyage. 

 A Utrecht. 1697.) 



" Saut de Niagara." 



Hennepin, Louis. Chute d'eau de Niagara. 5x6|/2. (In his 

 Nouvelle decouverte d'un tres grand pays situe dans l'Amerique. Utrecht. 

 G. Broedelet. 1697. P. 44.) 



This first picture of Niagara Falls set the type which was followed by 

 engravers and artists for upwards of one hundred fifty years. It is 

 so drawn that there appears to be a third fall, and Goat Island shows as 

 a pile of rock. The island and shores are covered with unnatural fir 

 trees, and in the foreground are Indians pointing out the wonders of the 

 Falls to Europeans who appear overcome with astonishment and wonder at 

 the stupendous grandeur of the Falls. This picture does not appear in the 

 Paris edition of 1 683, but persisted with variations through several genera- 

 tions as the European idea of the Falls. 



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