Discovering America

Bibliography

Sources

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  • Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth by Alexander Young (1841)
  • The Discoveries of America to the Year 1525 by Arthur James Weise (1884)
  • The Discovery of America by John Fiske, Vol. 1, 2 & 3
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  • The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America by John Fiske Vol. 1& 2 (1903)
  • Old Virginia and Her Neighbors by John Fiske, Vol. 1 & 2 (1902)
  • Explorers of the World by William R. Clark
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the above author included this information to the “Authorities” on Ferninand de Soto and Florida XVIth Century.  the “first and best” of the contemporary narratives, describing the expedition of de Soto, was printed in Portugal, in 1557, as: “The True Relation of the Fidalgos of Elvas”. It was translated and reprinted Hakluyt in 1609, and appeared again in 1611, as “The Worthye and Famous Historie of the Travailles”, Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida”. The latest addition, in English, was published in New York, 1904. The relation of the conquest of Florida was written by Luis day Biedma, the Kings factor on the expedition, as early as 1544, but did not appear in print until 1841. Another personal narrative was that of Roderigo Ranjel, De Soto’s secretary, which, though written in the form of a journal, when on the march, also remained in manuscript for more than 300 years, and was first published in 1855. XVIIth and XVIIth Centuries.   “La Florida Del Inca”, by Garcialaso (or Garcialasso) de la Vega, was derived from soldiers who were with De Soto (though more than 40 years after the return of the expedition), and was published first in Lisbon, 1605; in Madrid, 1722. Translated and republished, New York, 1904. The narratives of Fidalgo and Ranjel, though written and published independently, are generally corroborative, and agree in important particulars with the ”Florida” of the Inca. XIXth Century. “The Conquest of Florida”, by Theodore Irving, New York, 1851, is based mainly upon the Inca’s history, and is quite complete. Buckingham Smith, Spanish scholar and indefatigable historian, devoted much time to original research, and published “The career of Hernando day Soto”, 1864, as well as other valuable papers.

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