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Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, 1528–1543

Frederick W. Hodge and Theodore H. Lewis (eds.) · 1907

A 1907 source collection pairing Cabeza de Vaca's narrative with the de Soto and Coronado expedition accounts.

This collection presents Cabeza de Vaca's narrative alongside other Spanish expedition accounts for comparison.

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Blue cloth-bound book cover with a mottled, faded pattern and a light greenish stain or mark in the upper right corner. No title or text is legible in the image. — Frederick W. Hodge and Theodore H. Lewis (eds.), Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, 1528–1543, 1907. Library of Congress.

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What it is

This book, edited by Frederick W. Hodge and Theodore H. Lewis, was published in 1907 and is held by the Library of Congress. It brings together English translations of three early Spanish expedition narratives, including that of Cabeza de Vaca.

Why it matters

By placing Cabeza de Vaca's account alongside those of Hernando de Soto and Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, this collection let readers compare different Spanish expeditions into North America. It reflects how, by the early 1900s, Cabeza de Vaca's story had become a standard part of American historical education.

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Why might editors in 1907 want readers to compare these three explorers' stories side by side?
What similarities and differences can you find between how each expedition is described?
What does the editors' choice to group these three accounts tell you about how history gets organized?

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