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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library with the usual markings. The books in this 2 Volume set are hard-bound in tan cloth with gilt stamped white spines. The covers show light soiling and toning to the spines. The bindings are solid. The contents are bright and clean.

First edition. First edition. Later half-cloth, boards covered with marbled paper, spine with title vignette. [6] 86 [4] p., and an engraved folding map, and 9 engraved folding plates. Scarce Dutch illustrated edition of the first eyewitness account of Hernando de Soto's expedition, complete with a folding map of Florida and nine double-page engraved plates. Dutch abridged edition of the earliest published eyewitness narrative of Hernando de Soto's expedition to Florida and the interior of North America. The text derives from the Relaçam verdadeira dos trabalhos (Évora, 1557), written by an anonymous Portuguese gentleman from Elvas who participated in the expedition. That work is the first printed account of de Soto's journey and remains a foundational source for the early Spanish exploration of the southeastern regions of what is now the United States. De Soto landed in Florida in May 1539 and led a large expedition through present-day Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, reaching the Mississippi River before his death in 1542. The narrative records sustained contact with Indigenous societies and documents the challenges of an extended inland expedition through the southeastern regions of North America. This Leiden edition was issued by Pieter van der Aa as part of his Naaukeurige versameling der gedenkwaardigste zee- en landreysen, presenting the narrative in Dutch translation in an abridged form. It is illustrated with an emblematic engraved title, a folding engraved map of Florida attributed to de Soto's discoveries, and nine double-page engraved plates depicting episodes from the Spanish conquest. Van der Aa's engravings played a significant role in shaping early eighteenth-century European visual conceptions of Spanish America and its exploration. A well-preserved copy, complete with the folding map and plates. An important Dutch contribution to European-Americana, transmitting one of the principal sixteenth-century sources for the exploration of the North American interior. Not in Sabin. Scarce on the market; RBH records only four copies offered in the past 100 years. . Small wormhole affecting the first five leaves and the folding map; otherwise in very good condition. Later half-cloth, boards covered with marbled paper, spine with title vignette.

Manuscript book. Written in brown ink by one or probably two neat hands. A French introduction by a different hand on the front flyleaf with bibliographical details, and the addition of Fernando da Silveira's Epigramma from the printed book and the summary of André de Burgos' prologue. Pages ruled in pencil. In contemporary half morocco. Title lettered in gilt on spine. ff. [189]. An eighteenth-century manuscript copy of the scarce, Portuguese eye-witness' account on the discovery of Florida, Relaçam verdadeira, a narrative of Hernando de Soto's expedition, which was first published in Évora in 1557 by Andrés de Burgos. Relaçam verdadeira is the first account to be published about de Soto's expedition and the discovery of Florida. The book was written by an anonymous gentleman from Elvas, who was one of the Portuguesefidalgosaccompanying the Spanish expedition crossing the southern territories of North America from Florida to the mouth of the Mississippi. De Soto, the seasonedconquistadorwho had participated in the conquest of Peru, and his men landed in Florida in May 1539 and wandered through what is now the southeastern United States, Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. After nearly four years of unsuccessful search for gold, and the death of de Soto in 1542, the three hundred survivors of the initial force of seven hundred reached the Mississippi River and returned to Mexico. Relaçam verdadeira is among the few key narratives of early Spanish efforts to explore North America and is considered as one of the major documents of sixteenth-century American history. It provides the earliest accounts of the Southern Indians and gives the first insight into their customs and religious practices. The printed book is extremely scarce, IB (just as USTC) lists only 3 copies in New York (NYPL), London (BL), and Madrid (BNE). Besides those, we located two copies at Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra and JCB. The French introduction of the present volume mentions a copy, probably of which the manuscript was made after, in Lisbon at Real Palacio das Necessidades, however, we could not verify the existence or the current location of it. References for the printed book (Évora: Andrés de Burgos, 1557): IB 18049, USTC 343292, Joaquim Anselmo, Portugal, no. 388. . Corners bumped. Panels are rubbed at the extremities. Wormholes on the spine, with no effect on the book. Light water stain to the upper corners of the last few leaves. Overall in fine condition. In contemporary half morocco. Title lettered in gilt on spine Manuscript book. Written in brown ink by one or probably two neat hands. A French introduction by a different hand on the front flyleaf with bibliographical details, and the addition of Fernando da Silveira's Epigramma from the printed book and the summary of André de Burgos' prologue. Pages ruled in pencil.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. [16], 272 pp. with leaf D6 supplied in facsimile. Hardcover, rebound in full black morocco with new endpapers by the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Some marginal archival repairs; corners rubbed; a few scattered blemishes and marginal toning. R. Southey, signature on title-page, matching that of the poet, who was one of the leading Hispanists of the 19th century. First translated into English by Hakluyt in 1609, this translator appears to be unaware of Hakluyt's publication. This edition also contains the first printing in English of Isidro de Atondo s A New Descent of the Spanish On the Island of Califurnia [sic]. In the Year 1683 (pp. 259-272). [Wing R840; Field 1274; Sabin 24865; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 58b].

[GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS]. HAKLUYT, Richard. RYE, William B., ed. The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, by Don Ferdinando de Soto, and Six Hundred Spaniards His Followers. Reprinted from the edition of 1611. Edited, with Notes and Introduction. by William B. Rye. London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1851. lxvii, 200, v[index] pp. Folding frontis. map. Later three-quarter blue calf and pebbled cloth, spine gilt, red leather spine label. Light shelf wear, chipped at foot of spine, closed tear to edge of map just intruding into printed border, else very good. Servies 3667. Field 1338. The narrative of the as-yet unidentified Gentleman of Elvas first appeared in a Portuguese edition of 1557, which is all but unobtainable. His is the primary source for information concerning the De Soto expedition of 1539-43, the first investigation by Europeans of the Southeast region of the United States. This translation by Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) first appeared in his Virginia Richly Valued in 1609, and was republished in 1611. William B. Rye (1818-1901) of the British Museum contributed the notes and an introduction to the present edition.

The second Portuguese edition, after the legendary 1557 first account of the De Soto expedition, RELAÇAM VERDADEIRA., written by the Gentleman of Elvas and of which only four copies are known. The identity of the Gentleman of Elvas has remained a mystery. His firsthand narrative is the primary source for information concerning the De Soto expedition of 1539-43, the first investigation by Europeans of the southeast region of the United States. De Soto landed on the west coast of Florida in 1539, marching north through Georgia and west to Mobile Bay. His party reached the Mississippi River in 1541 and then went to Arkansas, going as far west as Fort Smith. Returning east, De Soto died and was buried in the Mississippi. The survivors floated to the Gulf and made it to Mexico. SABIN 14363, 24895 (ref). Small quarto. Original pink printed wrappers bound into modern green buckram, spine gilt. A few library ink stamps; a few leaves toned, else quite clean and crisp internally. Very good. Untrimmed and unopened.

One of the earliest obtainable editions, and first in French, of this extremely important narrative, preceded by the 1557 original (of which only four copies are known) and two English editions translated by Richard Hakluyt in 1609 and 1611. The identity of the Gentleman of Elvas has remained a mystery. His narrative is the primary source for information concerning the De Soto expedition of 1539-43, the first investigation by Europeans of the southeast region of the United States. De Soto landed on the west coast of Florida in 1539, marching north through Georgia and west to Mobile Bay. His party reached the Mississippi River in 1541 and became the first documented Europeans to cross its threshold, going perhaps as far as the present Oklahoma-Arkansas border. Returning east, De Soto died and was buried in Mississippi. The survivors floated to the Gulf and made it to Mexico. SABIN 24864. SERVIES 218. PALAU 256843. CLARK I:8. JCB (2)II:1324. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 685/90. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt extra with raised bands, gilt leather label. Light shelf wear. Minor scattered staining. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper, erased ownership inscription on titlepage. Very good overall.

[GENTLEMAN OF ELVAS]. Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida as Told by a Knight of Elvas and in a Relation by Luys Hernandez de Biedma, Factor of the Expedition. Translated by Buckingham Smith. New York: [The Bradford Club], 1866. 4to. 1st ed. xxviii,324,[3, List of Subscribers]pp. Portrait frontis., plates, map. 19th-century 3/4 gilt-ruled blue morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, compartments ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, T.e.g. A very good or better copy. Servies 4959. One of 125 numbered copies. This translation is a basic source on the De Soto expedition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida is a classic Hernando de Soto biography. CAPTAIN SOTO was the son of a squire of Xerez of Badajoz. He went into the Spanish Indies, when Peter Arias of Avila was Governor of the West Indies. And there he was without anything else of his own, save his sword and target: and for his good qualities and valor, Peter Arias made him captain of a troop of horsemen, and by his commandment he went with Fernando Pizarro to the conquest of Peru. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book ' A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557', has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 | A. Gentleman of Elvas | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2021 | Alpha Editions | EAN 9789356706460 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.