The de Soto Chronicles Vol 1 & 2: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543

by Lawrence Clayton

Book Overview

1993 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine.

The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians 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. For anthropologists,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817308245
• ISBN13: 9780817308247
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 1216 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.0" x 5.8" x 9.3"