04275nam 2200649Ia 450 991082560880332120200520144314.00-585-36805-8(CKB)111004368624198(EBL)547636(OCoLC)650060126(SSID)ssj0000248779(PQKBManifestationID)11216406(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248779(PQKBWorkID)10202185(PQKB)11044897(OCoLC)624452384(MdBmJHUP)muse9112(Au-PeEL)EBL547636(CaPaEBR)ebr10408853(MiAaPQ)EBC547636(EXLCZ)9911100436862419819931130d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe 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. MooreTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc19931 online resource (1208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-8461-8 0-8173-0824-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Board of Advisers; Contributors; Foreword by Lawrence A. Clayton; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Translations and Names; Introduction: The De Soto Expedition, a Cultural Crossroads by Paul E. Hoffman; The Account by a Gentleman from Elvas (Translated and Edited by James Alexander Robertson with Footnotes and Updates to Robertson's Notes by John H. Hann); Relation of the Island of Florida by Luys Hernández de Biedma (Newly Translated and Edited by John E. Worth with Footnotes by John E. Worth and Charles Hudson)Account of the Northern Conquest and Discovery of Hernando de Soto by Rodrigo Rangel (Newly Translated and Edited by John E. Worth with Footnotes by John E. Worth and Charles Hudson)The Cañete Fragment: Another Narrative of Hernando de Soto by Eugene Lyon; Parallel Itinerary of the Expedition; Selected Items from Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida (Translated by Buckingham Smith for the Bradford Club, New York, 1866); El Adelantado Don Hernando de Soto by Rocío Sánchez Rubio (Translated by Eduardo Kortright)Hernando De Soto: A Brief Biography by Paul E. HoffmanSome New Translations of De Soto Documents from the General Archive of the Indies, Seville (Selected and Introduced by Rocío Sánchez Rubio, Translated by David Bost); Indian Proper Names in the Four Narratives; Glossary; Introduction to Bibliography of De Soto Studies by Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewen; Bibliography of De Soto Studies by Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewan; Index; Volume 2The 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, Northand 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 eyewitnesSoto ChroniclesIndians of North AmericaSouthern StatesHistory16th centurySourcesSpaniardsSouthern StatesHistory16th centurySourcesSouthern StatesDiscovery and explorationSpanishSourcesIndians of North AmericaHistorySpaniardsHistory970.016092Clayton Lawrence A685342Knight Vernon J1029062Moore Edward C(Edward Carter),1917-1655511Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825608803321The De Soto chronicles4007948UNINA