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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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 19
    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 221
    By Luys Hernandez 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 247
    By Rodrigo Rangel (drawn from Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes) Newly Translated and Edited by John E. Worth
    With Footnotes by John E. Worth and Charles Hudson
  • THE CANETE FRAGMENT: ANOTHER NARRATIVE OF HERNANDO DE SOTO 307
    by Eugene Lyon
  • PARALLEL ITINERARY OF THE EXPEDITION
    Originally published as Appendix E in the Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission
    by John R. Swanton
    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
  • CONVEYANCE OF DOWER BY [...] OF PEDAARIAS DAVILA TO HERNANDO DE SOTO, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ESPOUSAL OF HER DAUGHTER 357
  • LETTER OF HERNANDO DE SOTO RESPECTING CONCESSIONS HE DESIRES SHALL BE OBTAINED FOR HIM AT COURT
  • CONCESSION MADE BY THE KING OF SPAIN TO HERNANDO DE SOTO OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA AND CONQUEST OF FLORIDA, WITH THE TITLE OF ADELANTADO 359
  • ROYAL CEDULA PERMITTING JUAN DE ANASCO TO TRAFFIC WITH THE INDIANS OF FLORIDA, SO LONG AS THERE ARE NO DUTIES ON IMPORTS IN THAT PROVINCE 365
  • WILL OF HERNANDO DE SOTO 366
  • LETTER TO THE KING OF SPAIN FROM OFFICERS AT HAVANA IN THE ARMY OF DE SOTO 372
  • LETTER OF HERNANDO DE SOTO AT TAMPA BAY TO THE JUSTICE AND BOARD OF MAGISTRATES IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA 375
  • LETTER TO CHARLES V FROM THE JUSTICE AND BOARD OF MAGISTRATES OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, GIVING A STATEMENT OF OCCURRENCES ON THE ISLAND 378
  • EL ADELANTADO DON HERNANDO DE SOTO 383
    A short biography, originally published by the Junta de Extremadura (Extremadura Enclave 92) in their Cuadernos Populares, November 1988.
    By Rocio Sanchez Rubio Translated by Eduardo Kortright
  • HERNANDO DE SOTO: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY 421
    By Paul E. Hoffman
  • SOME NEW TRANSLATIONS OF DE SOTO DOCUMENTS FROM THE GENERAL ARCHIVE OF THE INDIES, SEVILLE 461
    Selected and Introduced by Rocio Sanchez Rubio Translated by David Bost
  • NAMING OF CAPTAIN HERNANDO DE SOTO AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CUZCO, 1534 467
  • CEDULA REAL PERMITTING THE SHIPS GOING TO THE INDIES TO GO IN THE COMPANY OF DE SOTO'S ARMADA
  • CEDULA REAL REQUIRING THE SHIPS GOING TOWARD THE INDIES TO DO SO IN THE COMPANY OF HERNANDO DE SOTO, 1538 469
  • AUTHORIZATION FOR DONA ISABEL DE BOBADILLA TO BRING THREE SLAVE WOMEN TO THE ISLAND OF CUBA FOR HER SERVICE
  • INTERROGATION FOR THE CONCESSION OF THE HABIT OF SANTIAGO TO HERNANDO DE SOTO, 1538 470
  • POWER GRANTED BY THE ADELANTADO HERNANDO DE SOTO TO HIS WIFE, ISABEL DE BOBADILLA, 1539
  • INVENTORY OF THE ASSETS LEFT BY THE ADELANTADO HERNANDO DE SOTO FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, 1543
  • INDIAN PROPER NAMES IN THE FOUR NARRATIVES
    Originally published in the Final Report of The United States De Soto Expedition Commission 499
    By John R. Swanton
  • GLOSSARY 503
  • INTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE SOTO STUDIES
    By Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewen 507
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE SOTO STUDIES
    By Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewen 5 I 5
  • INDEX 551
  • THE "DE SOTO MAP" Endpapers
  • HERNANDO DE SOTO, CA. 1495-1542 Vlll
  • A COIN FROM DE SOTO'S FIRST WINTER CAMP 71
  • SPANIARDS MEET WITH A MISSISSIPPIAN CHIEF 79
  • THE HERNANDO DE SOTO EXPEDITION ENCOUNTERS CHIEF TASCALUSA 97
  • MONOLITHIC AX I02
  • SPANISH SWORDS I03
  • DE SOTO'S ROUTE IN NORTH AMERICA BY ROCIO SANCHEZ RUBIO 169
  • SPANISH SWORDSMAN, ARQUEBUSIER, AND PIKEMAN ABOUT 1540 2 34
  • SPANISH GLASS TRADE BEADS 286
  • A "CLARKSDALE" BELL 287
  • A SPANISH MAN-AT-ARMS 295
  • DELISLE'S MAP OF LOUISIANE, 1718 419
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780817361778
ISBN-10: 0817361774
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Clayton, Lawrence A
Moore, Edward C
Knight, Vernon J
Hersteller: University of Alabama Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 233 x 159 x 47 mm
Von/Mit: Lawrence A Clayton (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.09.2024
Gewicht: 0,969 kg
Artikel-ID: 133582100