Narratives of the career of Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Florida.
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
Knight of Elvas, Hernández de Biedma, Luys, Smith, Buckingham,
Resumo"This book is a translation of the original Portuguese Relaçam verdadeira dos trabalhos åq ho gouernador dõ Fernãdo de souto e certos fidalgos portugueses passarom no descubrimeto da prouincia da Frolida. Agora novamete feita per hu fidalgo Deluas, printed at Evora in the year 1557."--Proem, p. [xxvii]. 125 copies printed. Title-vignette. Includes index. The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the vicissitudes that attended the governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of the province of Florida / now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas. Index of the chapters contained in the Discovery of Florida (p. 1-210) -- Annotations / made by the translator to matters in the Relaçam (p. [211]-228) -- Relation of the conquest of Florida / presented by Luys Hernandez de Biedma in the year 1544 to the King of Spain in council ; translated from the original document (p. [229]-261) -- Appendix. Translations [of letters, official documents and royal decrees] (p. [263]-312) -- Index (p. [313]-324). Describes Hernando de Soto's march of conquest in Florida and other parts of southeastern North America. Book.
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