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The Search for Mabila: The Decisive Battle between Hernando de Soto and Chief Tascalusa
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Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the status of the search for Mabila, a small fortified border town within an Indian province and a site where a ferocious battle, between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa, took place. Editor(s): Knight, Vernon James. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLH; HBW; HDD; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within an Indian province known as Mabila. Although the Indians were defeated, the battle was a decisive blow to Spanish plans for the conquest and settlement of what is now the southeastern United States. For in that battle, De Soto's army lost its baggage, including all proofs of the richness of ... Read more
One of the most profound events in sixteenth-century North America was a ferocious battle between the Spanish army of Hernando de Soto and a larger force of Indian warriors under the leadership of a feared chieftain named Tascalusa. The site of this battle was a small fortified border town within an Indian province known as Mabila. Although the Indians were defeated, the battle was a decisive blow to Spanish plans for the conquest and settlement of what is now the southeastern United States. For in that battle, De Soto's army lost its baggage, including all proofs of the richness of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355425
SKU
V9780817355425
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About
Vernon James Knight Jr. is Professor of Anthropology at The University of Alabama.
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