Original Narratives Quoted Extensively

Principal Works Consulted

Chapt. 2

"Memoir" by Hernando Escalante Fonteneda (1565), as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Memoir of Fonteneda Respecting Florida" by David 0. True; University of Miami and Historical Association of Southern Florida, Miscellaneous Publications No. 1, 1944, Coral Gables, Fla.

"Brevis Narratio" by Jaques Le Moyne de Morgues (1564), as translated and published in 1591 by Theodore de Bry for his series "Historia America Sive Novi Orbis"; rare copy at New York City Public Library.

Chapts. 3 and 5

"History of the Continent and Islands of America" by Antonia de Herrera (1599), as translated and published in 1725 by John Stevens; rare copy at Cleveland, Ohio, Public Library.

Chapt. 6

"Naufragios (Shipwreck)" by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (1532), as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States 1528-1543" edited by Frederick W. Hodge; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City 1907.

Chapts. 7 and 10

"True Relation of the Vicissitudes That Attended the Governor Don Hernando de Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of the Province of Florida, by a Fidalgo of Elvas and Viewed by the Lord Inquisitor" (1577), as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Narratives of De Soto"; Allerton Book Co., New York City 1904.

Chapt. 8

"Letter to the King" by Juan de Anasco, Luis Fernandez de Biedma and Juan Gayton (1539), as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Final Report of the De Soto Expedition Commission" presented by John R. Swanton; published 1932 by U.S. Congress as House Document 71, and deposited in Library of Congress.

"Letter to the Justice and Board of Magistrates of Santiago de Cuba" by Hernando de Soto (1539), as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Narratives of De Soto," Allerton Book Co., New York City, 1904.

Chapt. 9

"A Narrative of de Soto's Expedition Based on the Diary of Rodrigo Ranjel, His Private Secretary," by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo (1546), as translated by Edward G. Bourne in "Narratives of De Soto"; Allerton Book Co., New York City, 1904.

Chapt. 11

"Relation of the Conquest of Florida Presented by Luis Hernandez de Biedma in the year 1544 to the King of Spain in Council," in Spanish manuscript copy furnished by Library of Congress, and as translated by Buckingham Smith in "Narratives of De Soto"; Allerton Book Co., New York City, 1904.

Chapts. 12 and 13

"The Florida of the Inca, a History of the Adelantado Hernando de Soto, Governor and Captain General of the Kingdom of Florida" by Garcilaso de la Vega (1599), as translated by John Grier Varner and Jeannette Johnson Varner in "The Florida of the Inca"; University of Texas Press, Austin, 1962.

Chapt. 15

"Diario de Reconocimientos de la Havana al Puerto de Tampa" by Don Francisco Maria Celi (1757), as translated and discussed by John D. Ware in "Florida Historical Quarterly," Oct. 1971 and Jan. 1972, Vol. 50, Nos. 2 and 3, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.

Ballesteros Gaibrois, Manuel - "La Idea Colonial de Ponce de Leon," Institutio de Puertorriquena; San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1960.

Barcia, Andres de — "Chronological History of the Continent of Florida," as translated by Anthony Kerrigan; University Presses of Florida; Gainesville, Fla., 1951.

Boyd, Mark F. - "The Arrival of De Soto's Expedition in Florida,"

Florida Historical Quarterly 16 of 1938; Tampa, Florida.

Bullen, Adelaide K. - "Florida Indians of Past and Present," Kendall Books, Gainesville, Fla.

Bullen, Ripley P. - "Southern Limit of Timucua Territory," Florida Historical Quarterly Vol. 47 of April 1969, Tampa, Florida.

Cumming, W.P., R.A. Skelton, D.B. Quinn - "The Discovery of North America," American Heritage Press; New York, N.Y. 1972.

Davis, T. Frederick - "History of Juan Ponce de Leon's Voyages to Florida," Florida Historical Quarterly 14 of 1935; Tampa, Fla.

Gannon, Father Michael V. - "The Cross in the Sand," University Presses of Florida; Gainesville, Fla., 1965.

Goggin, John M. - "Are There DeSoto Relics in Florida?," Florida Historical Quarterly 32 of 1954; Tampa, Fla.

Harris, Michael H. — "Florida History: a Bibliography," Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, N.J., 1972.

Johnson, Adrian - "America Explored," The Viking Press, New York, N.Y., 1974.

Landstrom, Bjorn - "The Ship," Doubleday & Co., Garden City, N.Y. 1961.

Las Casas, Bartolome de - "Historia de las Indias" (1563), as edited by Lewis Hanke, Mexico City, Mexico, 1951.

Lawson, Edward W. - "Determination of the First Landing Place of Ponce de Leon," St. Augustine, Fla., 1954.

Lowery, Woodbury - "The Spanish Settlements Within the Present Limits of the U.S. 1513-1561," Russell & Russell, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1959.

Maynard, Thomas - "DeSoto and the Conquistadores," Longmans, Green & Co., New York, N.Y., 1930.

Martyr, Peter - "De Orbe Novo, Second Decade," (1943) rare book; Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.

Morison, Samuel Eliot - "The European Discovery of America - Southern Voyages," Oxford University Press, N. Y., N.Y., 1974.

Roberts, William - "Account of the First Discovery and Natural History of Florida," (1763) Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series; University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1976.

Romans, Bernard - "The Natural History of Florida," (1775) Facsimile Reproduction, University Presses of Florida; Gainesville, Fla., 1962.

Schell, Rolfe - "DeSoto Didn't Land in Florida," Island Press; Ft. Myers Beach, Fla., 1966.

Scisco, Louis D. - "The Track of Ponce de Leon in 1513," Bulletin 45 American Geographical Society; New York, N.Y., 1913.

Shea, John G. - "Narrative and Critical History of America - Capt. IV," edited by Justin Winsor; Houghton Mifflin, New York, N.Y., 1886.

Swanton, John R. - "Final Report of the DeSoto Expedition Commission," (1932) U.S. Congress House Document 71; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Tebeau, Charlton - "A History of Florida," University of Miami Press; Coral Gables, Fla., 1971.

True, David 0. - "Some Early Maps Relating to Florida," Imago Mundi; Brill-Leiden; Stockholm, Sweden, 1954.

Walker, S.T. - "Mounds in the Vicinity of Tampa Bay," Annual

Report of 1879 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. Wilkinson, Warren H. - "The DeSoto Expedition in Florida,"

American Eagle series 1947, Koreshan Unity Society, Estero, Fla. Williams, John Lee - "Territory of Florida," (1832) Facsimile

Reproduction; University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

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