0976.3 Florida. History. Colonial period to 1821 F887hi v.2 A narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida. By a gentleman of Elvas. Published at Evora 1557. Translated from the Portuguese by Richard Hackluyt. Lon- don, 1609. 111-120 (In French, B. F. Historical collections of Louisiana ... Phila- delphia, 1850. 231-R. pt. 2, p. 111-220) The 16W edition of this translation of the anonymous "Relagam ver dadeira ..." bore the title "Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of Florida, her neat neighbour..." French has omitted Hakluyt's dedicatory letter to the counsellors of the Virginia company. The spelling has also been modernized, and most of the marginal notes omitted. 1. Florida-Hist.-Colonial period. 2. Soto, Hernando de, ca. 1500- 1542. Library of Congress 0 F3B6.F87 [93ell 2-14277