The History of Hernando de Soto and Florida: Or, Record of the Events of Fifty-six Years, from 1512-1568

"Shipp published the first attempt at a complete biography of Soto...in North America." The Hernando de Soto Expedition (2006)

There is probably no Spanish hero of America whose fame is more widespread throughout the United States than that of Hernando de Soto, and yet, at the same time, of whom so little is known. The expedition of De Soto into "Florida" was, in fact, the beginning of the history of the United States, whose vast domain is now the unrivaled region lying between the oceans, t...