Native and Spanish New Worlds: Sixteenth-Century Entradas in the American Southwest and Southeast

Spanish-led entradas-expeditions bent on the exploration and control of new territories-took place throughout the sixteenth century in what is now the southern United States. Although their impact was profound, both locally and globally, detailed analyses of these encounters are notably scarce. Focusing on several major themes-social, economic, political, military, environmental, and demographic-the contributions gathered here explore not only the cultures and peoples involved in these uniq...