The Hernando de Soto Expedition
| Author | : Patricia Kay Galloway |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 524 |
| Release | : 2006-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0803271328 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780803271326 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (326 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Hernando de Soto Expedition by : Patricia Kay Galloway
Download or read book The Hernando de Soto Expedition written by Patricia Kay Galloway and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1539 to 1542 Hernando de Soto and several hundred armed men cut a path of destruction and disease across the Southeast from Florida to the Mississippi River. The eighteen contributors to this volume?anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and literary critics?investigate broad cultural and literary aspects of the resulting social and demographic collapse or radical transformation of many Native societies and the gradual opening of the Southeast to European colonization.
