Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is written by Charles Hudson, and is about the expedition that Hernando De Soto explored through the Southeast of America between 1539 and 1542 in search of gold, treasure, fame and power. This book accounts for the native societies, that were visited by De Soto and the thousands of miles that were traveled. Charles Hudson combines the study of the physical remains of ancient cultures, history, and geography to propose an explanation to the question, “Where did De Soto go?”
Throughout my reading, I got the idea that Hudson’s aim for his book was to be not only be scholarly but also enjoyable. He explains in the acknowledgments section of the book that even after this books completion of fifteen years of …show more content…
I was able to read this book in a linear fashion, which made the story much easier to follow. It focuses on specific places, villages and nations that De Soto encountered, that I’ll never be able to remember—just because there are so many! More than anything, this book opened my eyes to hoe this expedition had so negatively impacted the Southeastern civilizations and weakened them through disease, decrease in food, murder, rape and kidnappings. This had impacted them so greatly, that old nations were destroyed and gave rise to new nations.
The book ends with a look at what happened after De Soto's expedition and includes a very detailed bibliography. The book includes many illustrations, including photographs of artifacts from Cahokia and other Mississippian civilizations, drawings of Indian dwellings and cities, photographs of the Southeastern landscape and all kinds of maps. Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is a likeable book that explains the concealed Indians of the Southeast and their contact with the
Throughout my reading, I got the idea that Hudson’s aim for his book was to be not only be scholarly but also enjoyable. He explains in the acknowledgments section of the book that even after this books completion of fifteen years of …show more content…
I was able to read this book in a linear fashion, which made the story much easier to follow. It focuses on specific places, villages and nations that De Soto encountered, that I’ll never be able to remember—just because there are so many! More than anything, this book opened my eyes to hoe this expedition had so negatively impacted the Southeastern civilizations and weakened them through disease, decrease in food, murder, rape and kidnappings. This had impacted them so greatly, that old nations were destroyed and gave rise to new nations.
The book ends with a look at what happened after De Soto's expedition and includes a very detailed bibliography. The book includes many illustrations, including photographs of artifacts from Cahokia and other Mississippian civilizations, drawings of Indian dwellings and cities, photographs of the Southeastern landscape and all kinds of maps. Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is a likeable book that explains the concealed Indians of the Southeast and their contact with the