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The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with indigenous North Americans in the eastern half of the United States.
The De Soto Chronicles Volume 1 and
Volume 2 present for the first time all four primary accounts of the De Soto expedition together in English translation.
Sommario
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOREWORD
by Edward C. Moore - GARCILASO DE LA VEGA, THE INCA
by Frances G. Crowley - LA FLORIDA
by Garcilaso de la Vega, the Inca
Translated by Charmion Shelby for the 1935 United States De Soto Expedition Commission Edited by David Bost
With Footnotes by Vernon James Knight, Jr. - APPENDIX
- GENEALOGY OF GARCl PEREZ DE VARGAS
by Garcilaso de la Vega
Translated by Frances G. Crowley - INDEX
Info autore
Lawrence A. Clayton is professor emeritus of History at the University of Alabama and author of
BartolomÉ de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas and coauthor of
The History of Modern Latin America.
Vernon James Knight is professor emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Alabama and author of
The Search for Mabila: The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa and
Mound Excavations at Moundville.
Edward C. Moore was assistant director of the Alabama Museum of Natural History and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the University of Alabama System.
Riassunto
The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with indigenous North Americans in the eastern half of the United States. The De Soto Chronicles Volume 1 and Volume 2 present for the first time all four primary accounts of the De Soto expedition together in English translation.
