Austin: University of Texas Press, 1951., 1951. First edition. First Edition. Cloth. v.-xlv.-655pp. Drawings for frontispiece and endpapers by Reese Brandt. "A history of the Adelantado, Hernando de Soto, Governor and Captain General of the kingdom of Florida, and of other heroic Spanish and Indian cavaliers, written by The Inca, Garcilaso de la Vega, an officer of His Majesty, and a native of the great city of Cuzco, capital of the realms and provinces of Peru." "Hernando de Soto's expedition for the conquest of North America was the most ambitious ever to brave the perils of the New World. Garcilaso tells in remarkably rich detail of the conquistadors' wanderings over half a continent, of the unbelievable vicissitudes which beset them, of the Indians whom they sought to win for King and Church and by whose hands most of them died, of De Soto's death, and of the final pitiful failure of the expedition." An attractive reprint of the 1605 original. Fine. Dust jacket is sunned on the spine, with minor edgewear.

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Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50355
Title: THE FLORIDA OF THE INCA
Author: DE LA VEGA, GARCILASO
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1951.
Place of Publication: Austin
Date Published: 1951

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