The next day being the 21st of May, 1542, departed out of this life, the valorous, virtuous, and valiant captain, Don Fernando de Soto, governor of Cuba, and adelantado of Florida: whom fortune advanced, as it useth to do others, that he might have the... Tales of Old Travel - Seite 278von Henry Kingsley - 1906 - 368 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1850 - 322 Seiten
...1542, departed out of this life, the valorous, virtuous, and valiant Captain, Don Fernando de Solo, Governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida : whom...advanced, as it useth to do others, that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place, and at such a time, as in his sickness he had but little... | |
| Hakluyt Society - 1851 - 288 Seiten
...•> Sot0i ihe 21 valorous, virtuous, and valiant captaine, Don Fernando de "[Q"*.^' Soto, Governour of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida ; whom fortune advanced, as it useth to doe others, that hee might have the higher fal. He departed in such a place, and at such a time, as... | |
| Hakluyt Society - 1865 - 140 Seiten
...says : " On May 21st, 1542, departed out of this life the virtuous, and valiant captain Don Hernando de Soto, governor of Cuba, and adelantado of Florida, whom fortune advanced, as it used to do others, that he might have the higher fall." His companions wrapped his body in his mantle,... | |
| George Rainsford Fairbanks - 1871 - 372 Seiten
...Captaine Don Fernando de Soto, Governour of Cuba and Adelantado of Florida," whom, says the chronicler, "fortune advanced as it useth to do others, that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place and such a time, and in his sickness he had but little comfort."... | |
| George Rainsford Fairbanks - 1871 - 358 Seiten
...Captaine Don Fernando de Soto, Governour of Cuba and Adelantado of Florida," whom, says the chronicler, "fortune advanced as it useth to do others, that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place and such a time, and in his sickness he had but little comfort."... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 408 Seiten
...of May, 1542, departed out of this life the valorous, virtuous, and valiant captain, Don Ferdinando de Soto, governor of Cuba, and adelantado of Florida, whom fortune advanced, as it used to do others, that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place and at such a time,... | |
| Episodes - 1880 - 286 Seiten
...21st of May, 1542, terminated the life of stormy adventures and daring enterprise of Don Ferdinando de Soto, Governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida...to do others, that he might have the greater fall. But though he did not obtain the treasures he sought, nor discover the land of gold which had fired... | |
| Barnard Shipp - 1881 - 720 Seiten
...Narrative is more particular. It says : " The 21st of May, 1542, departed out of this life the valorous, virtuous, and valiant Captain Don Fernando de Soto, Governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida. Luis de Moscoco determined to coneeal his death from the Indians, because Fernando de Soto had made... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 390 Seiten
...of May, 1342, departed out of this life the valorous, virtuous, and valiant captain, Don Eerdinando de Soto, Governor of Cuba and Adelantado of Florida, whom fortune advanced, as it advances so many others, only that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place and such... | |
| 1892 - 120 Seiten
...1542, departed out of 1his life, the valorous, virtuous, and valiant Captain, Don Fernando de Sofa, Governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida: whom...advanced, as it useth to do others, that he might have the higher fall. He departed in such a place, and at such a time, as in his sickness he had but little... | |
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