Ferdinand De Soto

Ferdinand De Soto

John Stevens Cabot Abbott, american historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer (1805-1877)


This ebook presents «Ferdinand De Soto», from John Stevens Cabot Abbott. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- Preface

-03- Childhood and Youth

-04- The Spanish Colony

-05- Life at Darien

-06- Demoniac Reign

-07- The Invasion of Peru

-08- The Atrocities of Pizarro

-09- The Execution of the Inca, and Embarrassments of De Soto

-10- De Soto Returns to Spain

-11- The Landing in Florida

-12- The March to Ochile

-13- The Conspiracy and its Consequences

-14- Winter Quarters

-15- Lost in the Wilderness

-16- The Indian Princess

-17- The Dreadful Battle of Mobila

-18- Days of Darkness

-19- The Discovery of the Mississippi

-20- Vagrant Wanderings

-21- Death of De Soto

-22- Footnotes