Or HERNANDO] DE FERDINANDO [FERNANDO See also:

• Or HERNANDO] DE FERDINANDO [FERNANDO SOTO (1496?—1542)

SOTO (1496?—1542)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain and explorer, often, though wrongly, called the discoverer of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi (first sighted by Alonzo de Pineda in 1519), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Jerez de los Caballeros, in Extremadura, of an impoverished See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good position, and was indebted to the favour of Pedrarias d'See also:

• AVILA
• AVILA (anc. Abula or Avela)
• AVILA, GIL GONZALEZ DE (c. 1577-1658)

Avila for the means of pursuing his studies at the university . In 1519 he accompanied d'Avila on his second expedition to See also:

• DARIEN

Darien . In 1528 he explored the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala and See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan, and in 1532 he led 300 See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers to reinforce See also:

• PIZARRO, FRANCISCO (c. 1471 or 1475-1541)

Pizarro in See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru . He played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of the Incas' See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom (helping to seize and guard the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of Atahualpa, discovering a pass through the mountains to See also:

• CUZCO

Cuzco, &c.), and returned to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain with a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of 18o,000 ducats, which enabled him to marry the daughter of his old See also:

• PATRON

patron d'Avila, and to maintain the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of a nobleman . Excited by the reports of Alvaro See also:

• NUNEZ, PEDRO (PETRUS NoNlUS) (1492—1577)

Nunez (Cabeza de Vaca) and others as to the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida (a See also:

• TERM

term then commonly used in a much wider See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension than subsequently), he sold See also:

• GREAT

great part of his See also:

• PROPERTY

property, gathered a force of 62o See also:

• FOOT

foot and 123 See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, armed four See also:

• SHIPS

ships, and obtained from See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission as " adelantado of the Lands of Florida" and See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba . Sailing from See also:

• SAN

San Lucar in See also:

• APRIL

April 1538, he first went to See also:

• HAVANA (the name is of aboriginal origin; Span. Habana or, more fully, San Cristobal de la Habana)

Havana, his advanced See also:

• BASE

base of operations; starting thence on the 12th of May 1539 he landed in the same See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month in Espiritu Santo See also:

• BAY

Bay, on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west coast of the See also:

• PRESENT

present state of Florida . For nearly four years he led his men in fruitless See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold hither and thither over the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent . His exact route is often doubtful; but it seems to have passed north into See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia as far as 35' N., then south to the neighbourhood of See also:

• MOBILE

Mobile, and finally north-west towards the Mississippi . This See also:

• RIVER

river was reached See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1541, and the following See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter was spent on the Ouachita, in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas and See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, west of the Mississippi . As they were returning in 1542 along the Mississippi, De See also:

• SOTO, FERDINANDO [FERNANDO, Or HERNANDO] DE (1496?—1542)

Soto died (either in May or See also:

• JUNE

June; the 25th of June is perhaps the true date), and his See also:

• BODY

body was sunk in its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters . Failing in an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to push westwards again, De Soto's men, under Luis Moscoso de See also:

• ALVARADO, PEDRO DE (1495-1541)

Alvarado, descended the Mississippi to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in nineteen days from a point See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close to the junction of the Arkansas with the great river, and thence coasted along the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico to Panuco . Of this unfortunate expedition three very different narratives are extant, of seemingly See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent origin .

The first was published in 1557 at See also:

• EVORA

Evora, and professes to be the See also:

• WORK

work of a Portuguese See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of See also:

• ELVAS

Elvas, who had accompanied the expedition: Relacam verdadeira dos trabalhos ho gouernador do Fernado d'Souto certos fidalgos portugueses passarom no d'scobrimeto da Provincia da Florida . See also:

• AGORA

Agora nouamete feita per hu fidalgo Deluas . An See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation was published by See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt in 1609 (reprinted from the 1611 edition by the Hakluyt Society [See also:

• LONDON

London, 1851]), and another by an See also:

• ANONYMOUS

anonymous translator in 1686, the latter being based on a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French version by Citri de la Guette (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1685) . The second narrative is the famous See also:

• HISTORY

history of Florida by the Inca, Garcilasso de la See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega, who obtained his See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information from a Spanish See also:

• CAVALIER
• CAVALIER, JEAN (1681-1740)

cavalier engaged in the enterprise; it was completed in 1591, first appeared at See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon in 1605 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of La Florida del Ynca, and has since passed through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions in various See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . The third is a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report presented to Charles V. of Spain in his See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of the Indies in 1544, by Luis Hernandez de Biedma, who had accompanied De Soto as His See also:

• MAJESTY (Fr. majeste; Lat. majestas, grandeur, greatness, from the base mag-, as in magnus, great, major, greater, &c.)

Majesty's See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor . It is to be found in Ternaux-Compans' " Recueil de pieces sur la Floride " in the See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Collections of Louisiana (See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, 185o) and in W . B . See also:

• RYE

Rye's reprint for the Hakluyt Society of Hakluyt's translation of the Portuguese narrative (The See also:

• DISCOVERY

Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, London, 1851) . See also See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft's History of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, vol. i.; J . H . M'Culloch, Researches concerning the aboriginal history of See also:

• AMERICA

America (See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore, 1829) ; See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert See also:

• GALLATIN, ALBERT (1761-1849)

Gallatin, Synopsis of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Tribes," in Archaeologic americana, vol. ii . (See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., 1836) ; E .

G . See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

Bourne (ed.), Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the See also:

• CON

Con See also:

• NEST

nest of Florida (2 v., New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 19o4); J . W . Monette, History of the Discovery and See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi (New York, 1846, 2 vols.) .