Perhaps the most amazing thing of all about Garcilaso de la Vega's epic account of the De Soto expedition is the fact that, although it is easily the first great classic of American history, it had never before received a complete or otherwise adequate English translation in the 346 years which have elapsed since its publication in Spanish. Now ...
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 1987
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed and Signed By the Author [xxiv], 305pp [light fading to background color of dj spine]----1987 inscription and signature by Jeannette Johnson Varner inside front endpaper---- read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of Texas Press
Date Published: 1951
Description: Brandt, Reese. Very Good in Good- jacket. Sm4to from 9" to 11" Signed by Translators Xlv, 656 pp, white cloth covered boards w/dark brown lettering on the spine & emblem on the front cover, SIGNED by both of the translators on the half title page, endpaper maps of the route of De Soto's Army through La Florida 1539-1543, dj black-white-brown w/illustrated front panel. A history of the Adelantado, Hernando de Soto, Governor and Captain General of the kingdom of Florida, and of other heroic ... read more
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