Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, 1528-1543. / The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. The Narrative of the Expedition of Hernando De Soto by the Gentleman of Elvas

by active 16th century Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca; active 16th century Pedro de Castañeda de Nájera; Knight of Elvas

[217] 1537.

[218] Corvo.

[219] The day of Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo) is August 10.

[220] Tampa Bay, Florida.

[221] Colophon of the first edition.

[222] First printed by Buckingham Smith in his Coleccion de varios Documentos para la Historia de la Florida (London, 1857).

[223] From the title page of the original.

[224] We inhabit the Northern Arctic Pole, and that people inhabit the Southern Antarctic Pole. Golden Pole is used because the region is rich. (Footnote in the original.)

[225] The printer.

[226] In 1531.