Hernando de Soto: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Miguel Albornoz, Hernando de Soto: Knight of the Americas (1986), is an informative biography. Narratives of de Soto’s Florida expedition are found in modern translations of the original conquistador histories, such as John Grier Varner and Jeannette Johnson Varner (eds.), The Florida of the Inca (1951, reissued 1980), after Garcilaso de la Vega; James Alexander Robertson (ed.), True Relation of the Hardships Suffered by Governor Fernando de Soto (1932); and Edward Gaylord Bourne (ed.), Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida, 2 vol. (1904, reissued 1974). Miscellaneous documents and essays, with an attempt to trace de Soto’s North American route, are presented in John R. Swanton (ed.), Final Report of the United States De Soto Expedition Commission (1939, reprinted 1985). More recent chronicles of his American expeditions are Jerald T. Milanich (ed.), The Hernando de Soto Expedition (1991); Lawrence A. Clayton, Vernon James Knight, Jr., and Edward C. Moore (eds.), The De Soto Chronicles, 2 vol. (1993); Jerald T. Milanich and Charles Hudson, Hernando de Soto and the Indians of Florida (1993); Charles Hudson, Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South’s Ancient Chiefdoms (1997); and Patricia Galloway (ed.), The Hernando de Soto Expedition (1997).

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First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Add new Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Hernando de Soto in Georgia. Mar 11, 2024
Add new Web site: American Heritage - The Passion of Hernando De Soto. Feb 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Mississippi Encyclopedia - Hernando de Soto. Dec 14, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Biography of Hernando de Soto. Oct 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Hernando de Soto Biography. Apr 24, 2022
Add new Web site: Georgia Historical Society - Hernando de Soto and the Impact of Spanish Exploration in Georgia. Apr 24, 2022
Add new Web site: The Mariners Museum and Park - Biography of Hernando de Soto. Feb 08, 2019
Add new Web site: Colonial America - Hernando de Soto Facts. Feb 08, 2019
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Hernando De Soto. Feb 19, 2017
Replaced photograph. Aug 22, 2016
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of Hernando De Soto. Feb 19, 2013
For the location of Cofitachequi, changed "in eastern Georgia" to "in present-day Georgia or South Carolina." Mar 06, 2012
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Hernando De Soto. Apr 08, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Hernando De Soto. Nov 11, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 27, 2008
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Article revised. Jun 21, 2002
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