Discovery of Florida, being a true relation of the vicissitudes that attended the Governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of Florida, now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas, the

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Discovery of Florida, being a true relation of the vicissitudes that attended the Governor Don Hernando de Soto and some nobles of Portugal in the discovery of Florida, now just given by a fidalgo of Elvas, the

Entry/Object ID

Library.100

Description

vi, 105 p. 35 cm. "Peru's treasures, Mexico's wealth, Cabeza de Vaca's stories, and the steady stream of rumors of wealth in Florida provide the background for the expedition of Hernando de Soto." Originally pub. in Evora, 1557, under title: Relaçam verdadeira dos trabalhos... Initials and decorations in color. "Two hundred and eighty copies."

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Florida -- History -- To 1821., Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542.

Publication Details

Author

Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871 tr Hammond, George P. (George Peter) 1896-1993 ed

Publisher

Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

[San Francisco, CA]

Call No.

E 125 .S7 F5 1946