Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun

Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun
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Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Total Pages : 600
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ISBN-10 : 9780820352909
ISBN-13 : 082035290X
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Book Synopsis Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun by : Charles Hudson

Download or read book Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun written by Charles Hudson and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th anniversary edition of the study that first revealed De Soto’s path across the 16th century American South includes a forward by Robbie Ethridge Between 1539 and 1542, the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto led a small army on an expedition of almost four thousand miles across Southeastern America. De Soto’s path had been one of history’s most intriguing mysteries until the publication of Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun. Using a new route reconstruction, anthropologist Charles Hudson maps the story of the de Soto expedition, tying the route to a number of specific archaeological sites. De Soto’s journey cut a bloody and indelible swath across both the landscape and native cultures in a quest for gold and 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 in 1542, he died a broken man on the banks of the Mississippi River. In this classic text, Hudson masterfully chronicles both De Soto’s expedition and the native societies he visited. The narrative unfolds against the exotic backdrop of a now extinct social and geographic landscape. A blending of archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.


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