Lawrence A. Clayton, Charles Hudson, John E. Worth, Eugene Lyon, Jeffrey P. Brain

The de Soto Chronicles Vol 1

The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543 Volume 1
Herausgeber: Clayton, Lawrence A; Knight, Vernon James; Moore, Edward C

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Alabama Press
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 159mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 969g
• ISBN-13: 9780817361778
• ISBN-10: 0817361774
• Artikelnr.: 70705220

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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 THE.WIDOW 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