The Florida of the Inca

“Great endurances and deeds were surviving treasures for the soul that marched with DeSoto, and this book is their richest storehouse.” – The New York Times Book Review Perhaps the most amazing thing of all about Garcilaso de la Vega’s epic account of the De Soto expedition is the fact that, although it is easily the first great classic of American history, it had never before received a complete or otherwise adequate English translation in the 346 years which have elapsed since its publication