Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient ChiefdomsUniversity of Georgia Press, 1998 - 592 pàgines Between 1539 and 1542 Hernando de Soto led a small army on a desperate journey of exploration of almost four thousand miles across the Southeast. Until now, his path has been one of history's most intriguing mysteries. With Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun, anthropologist Charles Hudson offers a solution to the question, "Where did de Soto go?" Using a new route reconstruction, for the first time the story of the de Soto expedition can be laid on a map, and in many instances it can be tied to specific archaeological sites. Arguably the most important event in the history of the Southeast in the sixteenth century, De Soto's journey cut a bloody and indelible swath across both the landscape and native cultures in a quest for gold and personal glory. The desperate Spanish army followed the sunset from Florida to Texas before abandoning its mission. De Soto's one triumph was that he was the first European to explore the vast region that would be the American South, but he died on the banks of the Mississippi River a broken man in 1542. Abundantly illustrated, Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is a clearly written narrative that unfolds against the exotic backdrop of a now extinct social and geographic landscape. Hudson masterfully chronicles both De Soto's expedition and the native societies he visited. A blending of archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast. |
Continguts
Spain | 1 |
Spaniards 3 Indians 11 Early Spanish Exploration | 31 |
Organization of the Expedition 47 Departure from San Lúcar | 50 |
Base Camp 66 Horses Dogs Pigs 72 Juan Ortiz 78 Northward | 85 |
Departure from Tampa Bay 89 The Swamp of Ocale 100 De Soto | 110 |
Winter 15391540 | 120 |
The Bay of the Horses 128 Marcos and Perico 129 The Return to Tampa Bay 130 Apalachee | 144 |
Capachequi 149 Toa 150 Ichisi 157 Ocute 162 The Wilderness of Ocute 165 Cofitachequi | 172 |
Quizquiz 274 The Mississippi River 284 Casqui 287 Pacaha 293 North from Pacaha | 303 |
Quiguate 311 Coligua 314 Cayas 316 Tula 320 Utiangüe | 329 |
Anilco 336 Guachoya 339 Quigualtam 341 The Massacre at Anilco 346 The Death | 349 |
Chaguate 353 Naguatex 359 Aays 363 Guasco 367 The River of Daycao 370 Return | 378 |
The Canoes of Quigualtam 390 The Mouth of the Mississippi River | 394 |
The Gulf Coast 399 Pánuco 403 Mexico City | 409 |
The Survivors 412 Isabel de Bobadilla vs Hernán Ponce de León 414 The Decline | 426 |
Afterword | 441 |
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