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Knights of Spain, warriors of the sun : Hernando De Soto and the South's ancient chiefdoms
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Knights of Spain, warriors of the sun : Hernando De Soto and the South's ancient chiefdoms

Author: Charles M Hudson
Publisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This monumental work, a blending of archeology and history, is the most thorough study of De Soto's expedition produced since the 1930s. For the first time De Soto's journey can be laid on a map and tied to specific archeological sites"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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Named Person: Hernando de Soto; Hernando de (Eroberer) Soto
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles M Hudson
ISBN: 0820318884 9780820318882
OCLC Number: 34824356
Description: xxii, 561 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. Separate Worlds: Spain and the American Southeast in the Sixteenth Century. "Spaniards" "Indians" Early Spanish Exploration of North America --
Ch. 2. Hernando de Soto: The Man Who Would Be Marques of La Florida. Organization of the Expedition. Departure from San Lucar. Cuba. Final Preparations --
Ch. 3. La Florida. Base Camp. Horses, Dogs, Pigs. Juan Ortiz. Northward from Tampa Bay --
Ch. 4. Apalachee. Departure from Tampa Bay. The Swamp of Ocale. De Soto Leads a Contingent Northward. The Battle at Napituca. Anhayca, Principal Town of Apalachee --
Ch. 5. Winter, 1539-1540. The Bay of the Horses. Marcos and Perico. The Return to Tampa Bay. Apalachee Resistance. The Chief of Apalachee. Maldonado Reconnoiters the Gulf Coast --
Ch. 6. Cofitachequi. Capachequi. Toa. Ichisi. Ocute. The Wilderness of Ocute. Cofitachequi --
Ch. 7. Coosa. Joara. The Cherokee-Speaking Peoples. Chiaha. Coosa --
Ch. 8. Tascaluza. South from Coosa. Atahachi. Mabila. Attack. Counterattack. After the Battle --
Ch. 9. Chicaza --
Ch. 10. Winter, 1540-1541 --
Ch. 11. Quizquiz, Casqui, Pacaha. Quizquiz. The Mississippi River. Casqui. Pacaha. North from Pacaha --
Ch. 12. Utiangue. Quiguate. Coligua. Cayas. Tula. Utiangue --
Ch. 13. Winter, 1541-1542 --
Ch. 14. Guachoya. Anilco. Guachoya. Quigualtam. The Massacre at Anilco. The Death of De Soto --
Ch. 15. The River of Daycao. Chaguate. Naguatex. Aays. Guasco. The River of Daycao. Return to the Mississippi River. Aminoya --
Ch. 16. Winter, 1542-1543 --
Ch. 17. Flight down the Mississippi River. The Canoes of Quigualtam. The Mouth of the Mississippi River --
Ch. 18. To Mexico. The Gulf Coast. Panuco. Mexico City --
Ch. 19. After the Expedition. The Survivors. Isabel de Bobadilla vs. Hernan Ponce de Leon. The Decline of the Southeastern Chiefdoms. The Lost World of the Southeastern Chiefdoms. The Documentary Sources. History of Research on the De Soto Route. The U.S. De Soto Expedition Commission. Combining Archaeological and Historical Evidence. A More Accurate De Soto Route. Commissions and Controversies.
Responsibility: Charles Hudson.

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"This monumental work, a blending of archeology and history, is the most thorough study of De Soto's expedition produced since the 1930s. For the first time De Soto's journey can be laid on a map and tied to specific archeological sites"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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