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

• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1208 p.)
• Disciplina: 970.016092
• Soggetto topico: Indians of North America - Southern States - History - 16th century; Spaniards - Southern States - History - 16th century
• Soggetto geografico: Southern States Discovery and exploration Spanish Sources
• Altri autori: ClaytonLawrence A KnightVernon J MooreEdward C <1917-> (Edward Carter)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 2
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, 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 eyewitnes
• Titolo autorizzato: The De Soto chronicles
• ISBN: 0-585-36805-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778988903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II