The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543 (2 Volumes)
By Unknown Author.
Description
The De Soto expedition forms an integral part of the great age of discovery and conquest in the Americas triggered by the Columbian voyages. In the wake of Columbus there came other explorers and conquistadors who pushed through the islands of the Caribbean and into the American mainlands in the first half of the 16th century. They came as explorers and discoverers, conquerors and settlers, spreading the best and worst of European civilisation through the Americas. The De Soto expedition was the first major encounter of Europeans with North American Indians in the eastern half of the United...
ISBN(s)
0817305939, 9780817305932
