In this Book
The De Soto Chronicles Vol 1 & 2: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543
1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine.
The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians in the eastern half of the United States. De Soto and his army of over 600 men, including 200 cavalry, spent four years traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians the surviving De Soto chronicles are valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. These documents, available here in a two volume set, are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.
Table of Contents
Cover
Volume 1
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Board Advisors
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on Translations and Names
Introduction
THE ACCOUNT BY A GENTLEMAN FROM ELVAS
FOREWORD to [Roberston volume one]
PREFACE to [Roberston Volume One]
PREFACE to Roberston Volume Two
CONTENTS
ANDRE DE BURGOS TO THE PRUDENT READER
FIRST. WHICH DECLARES WHO DON HERNANDO DE SOTO WAS, AND HOW HE OBTAINED THE GOVERNMENT OF FLORIDA.2
SECOND. HOW CABEZA DE VACA CAME TO COURT AND GAVE ACCOUNT OF THE LAND OF FLORIDA; AND OF THE MEN WHO WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AT SEVILLE TO GO WITH DON HERNANDO DE SOTO.
NOTES TO THE ELVAS NARRATIVE
RELATION OF THE ISLAND OF FLORIDA
Introduction: Biedma's Account of the Expedition
RELATION OF THE ISLAND OF FLORIDA ... 15392
ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN CONQUEST ANDDISCOVERY OF HERNANDO DE SOTO
Introduction: Rangel's Account of the Expedition
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE, TEN
The Canete Fragment
PARALLEL ITINERARY OF THE EXPEDITION
SELECTED ITEMS FROM NARRATIVES OF THE CAREEROF HERNANDO DE SOTO IN THE CONQUESTOF FLORIDA
El Adelantado Don Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
SOME NEW TRANSLATIONS OF DE SOTO DOCUMENTS FROM THE GENERAL ARCHIVE OF THE INDIES, SEVILLE
Introduction
INDIAN PROPER NAMES IN THE FOUR NARRATIVES
Glossary
Introduction to Bibliography of de Soto Studies
Bibliography
Index
Volume II
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Garcilaso de La Vega, The Inca
LA FLORIDA
CONTENTS
TO THE MOST EXCELLENT SENOR DON THEODOSIO OF PORTUGAL
PREFACE TO THE READER
FIRST BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
FIRST PARTOF THE SECOND BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
SECOND PARTOF THE SECOND BOOKOF THEHISTORY OF LA FLORIDA,BY THE INCA
THIRD BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
FOURTH BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
FIRST PART OF THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
SECOND PARTOF THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
SIXTH BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF LA FLORIDA, BY THE INCA
Appendix
GENEALOGY OF GARCI PEREZ DE VARGAS
Index
| ISBN | 9780817384616 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780817308247 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 624452384 |
| Pages | 600 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2012-01-01 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | No |
Copyright
1995
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