The Florida of the Inca

It's a first hand account by a Spaniard who read a lot of accounts of DeSoto's trip up Florida to his demise on the Mississippi in search of Gold and Glory. It's a sad tale of death and destruction by the Europeans and the Spanish and well worth a read for anyone interested in DeSoto and early American History. About 500 years ago. I live in North Florida and was reading it for clues to where DeSoto's track was. Where did he cross the Santa Fe and Suwanee Rivers? The did he not take River Rise near High Springs. Because his native guide were taking him on the hardest path they could figure out.

After reading 1491 and 1493, I went back to read Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's account of the De Soto expedition, which has been generally disregarded by historians of the Conquista. Although de la Vega never went to Florida or the Mississippi valley, his research and interviews seem much closer to new information about the indigenous population of the New World than one might expect. (The Inca in the title is the author, by the way - no Inca went to Florida.)

Very good book , future publications should include current location names in parenthesis so that the reader can follow the expedition on it's route.

it was ok

This book represents a limited appeal in that it is a very old text written by an ex-patriot Native American that seeks to explain to known facts about the expeditions to the New World in historical context. That being said for an archaeologist, history buff or anyone interested in historic texts it is a marvelous book, rich and well written.

The Florida of the Inca is the first documented book about the North American conquest, well description of every stage of the journey.

I loved it.

Considered by most to be the most accurate historical account of the Spanish conquistadors encounters with the indigenous populations of America. The Inca, as he refers to himself, was a multicultural historian born of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca princess Mother. Interesting reading once one gets accustomed to the style of writing. It is useful to understand how the cultures of the past shape the cultures of the future.