{"product_id":"the-de-soto-chronicles-volume-1-the-expedition-of-hernando-de-soto-to-north-america-in-1539-1543-paperback-softback-9780817361778","title":"The De Soto Chronicles Volume 1; The Expedition of Hernando De Soto to North America in 1539-1543 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817361778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe De Soto Chronicles Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Expedition of Hernando De Soto to North America in 1539-1543\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLawrence A. Clayton (Edited by), Charles Hudson (Contributions by), John E. Worth (Contributions by), Eugene Lyon (Contributions by), Jeffrey P. Brain (Contributions by), John H. Hann (Contributions by), Edward C. Moore (Edited by), Frances G. Crowley (Contributions by), David Bost (Contributions by), Rocio Sanchez Rubio (Contributions by), Charmion Shelby (Contributions by), Eduardo Kortright (Contributions by), James A. Robertson (Contributions by), Paul Hoffman (Contributions by), Vernon James Knight (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817361778, The University of Alabama Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e608 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A rich, readable contribution to De Soto studies that commemorates the 450th anniversary of the ill-fated explorer's odyssey through the present southeastern U.S. and Texas. These translations of the four primary accounts of the venture, with new notes and introductions, make valuable historical and ethnographical information easily available and accessible both to scholars and to general readers. . . . All academic libraries and larger public libraries should purchase this exceptionally valuable compilation.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"These handsomely produced volumes contain translations of virtually all known documents from the De Soto expedition, as well as new scholarship. For the first time all these sources are in one place. The editors, authors, translators, and support groups are to be congratulated for a lasting contribution to scholarship. These important volumes deserve to be on the shelves of every person interested in history, ethnohistory, or archaeology of the Southeastern United States.\" —\u003ci\u003eFlorida Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e“For those interested in De Soto and his expedition, these volumes are an absolute necessity.” —The Hispanic American Historical Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with indigenous North Americans 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. \u003ci\u003eThe De Soto Chronicles Volume 1 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVolume 2 \u003c\/i\u003epresent for the first time all four primary accounts of the De Soto expedition together in English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The four primary accounts are generally referred to as Elvas, Rangel, Biedma (in Volume 1), and Garcilaso, or the Inca (in Volume 2). In this landmark 1993 publication, Clayton’s team presents the four accounts with literary and historical introductions. They further add brief essays about De Soto and the expedition, translations of De Soto documents from the Spanish Archivo General de Indias, two short biographies of De Soto, and bibliographical studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, \u003ci\u003eThe De Soto Chronicles \u003c\/i\u003eare valued for the unique ethnological information they contain. They form the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America—the Mississippian culture—a culture largely lost in the wake of European contact.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eILLUSTRATIONS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBOARD OF ADVISERS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFOREWORD By Lawrence A. Clayton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNOTES ON TRANSLATIONS AND NAMES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTRODUCTION: THE DE SOTO EXPEDITION, A CULTURAL CROSSROADS\u003cbr\u003e By Paul E. Hoffman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE ACCOUNT BY A GENTLEMAN FROM ELVAS 19\u003cbr\u003e Translated and Edited by James Alexander Robertson\u003cbr\u003e With Footnotes and Updates to Robertson'\u003cbr\u003es Notes by John H. Hann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRELATION OF THE ISLAND OF FLORIDA 221\u003cbr\u003e By Luys Hernandez de Biedma\u003cbr\u003e Newly Translated and Edited by John E. Worth\u003cbr\u003e With Footnotes by John E. Worth and Charles Hudson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN CONQUEST AND DISCOVERY OF HERNANDO DE SOTO 247\u003cbr\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e With Footnotes by John E. Worth and Charles Hudson \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE CANETE FRAGMENT: ANOTHER NARRATIVE OF HERNANDO DE SOTO 307\u003cbr\u003e by Eugene Lyon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePARALLEL ITINERARY OF THE EXPEDITION\u003cbr\u003e Originally published as Appendix E in the Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission\u003cbr\u003e by John R. Swanton\u003cbr\u003e Selected Items from NARRATIVES OF THE CAREER OF HERNANDO DE SOTO IN THE CONQUEST OF FLORIDA\u003cbr\u003e Translated by Buckingham Smith for the Bradford Club, New York, 1866\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCONVEYANCE OF DOWER BY THE.WIDOW OF PEDAARIAS DAVILA TO HERNANDO DE SOTO, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE ESPOUSAL OF HER DAUGHTER 357\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLETTER OF HERNANDO DE SOTO RESPECTING CONCESSIONS HE DESIRES SHALL BE OBTAINED FOR HIM AT COURT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCONCESSION 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eROYAL 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWILL OF HERNANDO DE SOTO 366\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLETTER TO THE KING OF SPAIN FROM OFFICERS AT HAVANA IN THE ARMY OF DE SOTO 372\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLETTER OF HERNANDO DE SOTO AT TAMPA BAY TO THE JUSTICE AND BOARD OF MAGISTRATES IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA 375\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLETTER TO CHARLES V FROM THE JUSTICE AND BOARD OF MAGISTRATES OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, GIVING A STATEMENT OF OCCURRENCES ON THE ISLAND 378\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEL ADELANTADO DON HERNANDO DE SOTO 383\u003cbr\u003e A short biography, originally published by the Junta de Extremadura (Extremadura Enclave 92) in their Cuadernos Populares, November 1988.\u003cbr\u003e By Rocio Sanchez Rubio Translated by Eduardo Kortright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHERNANDO DE SOTO: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY 421\u003cbr\u003e By Paul E. Hoffman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSOME NEW TRANSLATIONS OF DE SOTO DOCUMENTS FROM THE GENERAL ARCHIVE OF THE INDIES, SEVILLE 461\u003cbr\u003e Selected and Introduced by Rocio Sanchez Rubio Translated by David Bost\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNAMING OF CAPTAIN HERNANDO DE SOTO AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CUZCO, 1534 467\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCEDULA REAL PERMITTING THE SHIPS GOING TO THE INDIES TO GO IN THE COMPANY OF DE SOTO'\u003cbr\u003eS ARMADA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCEDULA REAL REQUIRING THE SHIPS GOING TOWARD THE INDIES TO DO SO IN THE COMPANY OF HERNANDO DE SOTO, 1538 469\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAUTHORIZATION FOR DONA ISABEL DE BOBADILLA TO BRING THREE SLAVE WOMEN TO THE ISLAND OF CUBA FOR HER SERVICE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTERROGATION FOR THE CONCESSION OF THE HABIT OF SANTIAGO TO HERNANDO DE SOTO, 1538 470\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePOWER GRANTED BY THE ADELANTADO HERNANDO DE SOTO TO HIS WIFE, ISABEL DE BOBADILLA, 1539\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINVENTORY OF THE ASSETS LEFT BY THE ADELANTADO HERNANDO DE SOTO FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, 1543\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINDIAN PROPER NAMES IN THE FOUR NARRATIVES\u003cbr\u003e Originally published in the Final Report of The United States De Soto Expedition Commission 499\u003cbr\u003e By John R. Swanton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGLOSSARY 503\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTRODUCTION TO BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE SOTO STUDIES\u003cbr\u003e By Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewen 507\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY OF DE SOTO STUDIES\u003cbr\u003e By Jeffrey P. Brain and Charles R. Ewen 5 I 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINDEX 551\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE \"\u003cbr\u003eDE SOTO MAP\"\u003cbr\u003e Endpapers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHERNANDO DE SOTO, CA. 1495-1542 Vlll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA COIN FROM DE SOTO'\u003cbr\u003eS FIRST WINTER CAMP 71\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSPANIARDS MEET WITH A MISSISSIPPIAN CHIEF 79\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTHE HERNANDO DE SOTO EXPEDITION ENCOUNTERS CHIEF TASCALUSA 97\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMONOLITHIC AX I02\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSPANISH SWORDS I03\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDE SOTO'\u003cbr\u003eS ROUTE IN NORTH AMERICA BY ROCIO SANCHEZ RUBIO 169\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSPANISH SWORDSMAN, ARQUEBUSIER, AND PIKEMAN ABOUT 1540 2 34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSPANISH GLASS TRADE BEADS 286\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"\u003cbr\u003eCLARKSDALE\"\u003cbr\u003e BELL 287\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA SPANISH MAN-AT-ARMS 295\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDELISLE'\u003cbr\u003eS MAP OF LOUISIANE, 1718 419\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574446354712,"sku":"9780817361778","price":27.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-de-soto-chronicles-volume-1-the-expedition-of-hernando-de-soto-to-north-america-in-1539-1543-paperback-softback-9780817361778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}