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Alternative Title
De Soto.
Alternative Title
Account of the island of Florida.
Description
Describes Hernando de Soto's march of conquest in Florida and other parts of southeastern North America.
Table of Contents
The Bradford club -- Life of Soto -- Proem -- True relation of the vicissitudes that attended the governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of the province of Florida / now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas. Index of the chapters contained in the Discovery of Florida (p. 1-210) -- Annotations / made by the translator to matters in the Relac¸am (p. [211]-228) -- Relation of the conquest of Florida / presented by Luys Hernandez de Biedma in the year 1544 to the King of Spain in council ; translated from the original document (p. [229]-261) -- Appendix. Translations [of letters, official documents and royal decrees] (p. [263]-312) -- Index (p. [313]-324).
Notes
As told by a knight of Elvas and in a relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma ; translated by Buckingham Smith.
Copy missing 2 plates, including map.
"This book is a translation of the original Portuguese Relaçam verdadeïra dos trabalhos q̄ ho gouernador dō Fernādo de souto e certos fidalgos portugueses passarom no descubrimēto da prouincia da Frolida. Agora novamēte feita per hū fidalgo Deluas, printed at Evora in the year 1557." --Proem, p. [xxvii].
125 copies printed. Club copy. no. 82.
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2004. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically digitized by the University of Central Florida from a book held in the Main Library at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Subject
Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500-1542; Indians of North America -- Florida; Florida -- History -- To 1565; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish; European Discovery and Settlement in Florida, 1492-1821 -- Explorers and Travelers, 1492-1700; Persons; History; Military history; Indians of North America
City
New York, N.Y.
Publisher
Bradford Club
Extent
xxviii, 324 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portrait ; 27 cm
Format
application/pdf
Digital Reproduction Specifications
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Identifier
55695696 (oclc), CF00001641 (IID), ucf:15284 (fedora)
Rights
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Collection
Recommended Citation
Hernández de Biedma, Luys. and Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871, "Rela-cam verdadeira. English." (1866). Florida Heritage. 60.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/floridaheritage/60