| The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, by Don Ferdinando de Soto: And Six Hundred Spaniards His Followers, Written by a Gentleman of Elvas, Empl Contributor(s): Rye, William B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 140941275X ISBN-13: 9781409412755 Publisher: Hakluyt Society OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Expeditions & Discoveries - History | North American - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 970.016 |
| Series: Hakluyt Society, First |
| Physical Information: 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This text is reprinted from the Edition of 1611, edited, with notes and an introduction, along with a translation of a narrative of the expedition by Luis Hernandez de Biedma, factor to the same. For Hakluyt's translation, see The Hakluyt Handbook (Second Series, 144-5), pp. 42, 252-5. The translation of Hernandez de Biedma's narrative was made from Ternaux-Compans, Recueil de pi ces sur la Floride, Paris, 1841. The supplementary material includes the 1850 annual report. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1851. |
