The De Soto chronicles : the expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543

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The De Soto chronicles : the expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543 / edited by Lawrence A. Clayton, Vernon James Knight, Jr., Edward C. Moore.

Clayton, Lawrence A. (Added Author). Knight, Vernon J. (Added Author). Moore, Edward C. (Edward Carter), 1917-1993 (Added Author). Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) (Added Author).

Summary:

De Soto and his expedition of over 600 men spent four years (1539-43) traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. He discovered the Mississippi River, died of a fever, and was buried near the river. These documents are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America - a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.

Record details

ISBN: 0817305939
ISBN: 9780817305932
ISBN: 0817308245
ISBN: 9780817308247
Physical Description: 2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: the DeSoto expedition, a cultural crossroads / Paul E. Hoffman -- The account by a gentleman from Elvas / James Alexander Robertson ; w/John H. Hann -- Relation of the island of Florida / Luys Hernández de Biedma ; tr. by John E. Worth w/ Charles Hudson -- Account of the northern conquest and discovery of Hernando de Soto / Rodrigo Rangel -- The Cañete fragment: another narrative of Hernando de Soto / Eugene Lyon -- Parallel itinerary of the expedition / John R. Swanton -- Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida / Buckingham Smith -- El Adelantado Don Hernando de Soto / Rocío Sánchez Rubio -- Hernando de Soto: a brief biography / Paul E. Hoffman

Some new translations of De Soto documents from the general archive of the Indies, Seville / David Bost -- Indian proper names in the four narratives / John R. Swanton -- Indian proper names in the four narratives / John R. Swanton -- Introduction to bibliography of De Soto studies ; Bibliography of De Soto studies / Jeffrey P. Brain, Charles R. Ewen. v. 2. Garcilaso de la Vega, the Inca / Frances G. Crowley -- La Florida / Garcilaso de la Vega, the Inca / Charmion Shelby. Appendix. Genealogy of Garcí Pérez De Vargas / Garcilaso de la Vega.
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