{"product_id":"9780820352909","title":"Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms","description":"\u003cp\u003eBetween 1539 and 1542 Hernando de Soto led a small army on a desperate  journey of exploration of almost four thousand miles across the U. S.  Southeast. Until the 1998 publication of Charles M. Hudson’s  foundational \u003ci\u003eKnights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, De Soto’s  path had been one of history’s most intriguing mysteries. With this  book, anthropologist Charles Hudson offers a solution to the question,  “Where did de Soto go?” Using a new route reconstruction, for the first  time the story of the de Soto expedition can be laid on a map, and in  many instances it can be tied to specific archaeological sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably  the most important event in the history of the Southeast in the  sixteenth century, De Soto’s journey cut a bloody and indelible swath  across both the landscape and native cultures in a quest for gold and  personal glory. The desperate Spanish army followed the sunset from  Florida to Texas before abandoning its mission. De Soto’s one triumph  was that he was the first European to explore the vast region that would  be the American South, but he died on the banks of the Mississippi  River a broken man in 1542. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new foreword by Robbie  Ethridge reflecting on the continuing influence of this now classic  text, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Knights is a clearly written  narrative that unfolds against the exotic backdrop of a now extinct  social and geographic landscape. Hudson masterfully chronicles both De  Soto’s expedition and the native societies he visited. A blending of  archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental  study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069883138288,"sku":"9780820352909","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780820352909_p0.jpg?v=1769909784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780820352909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}