London:: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.,, 1896.. The story of the discovery of the Mississippi by a follower of the explorer Ferdinand de Soto. Sometime Captain of the Florida army of His Excellency the Marquis Hernando de Soto, Governor of Cuba, and Captain-General of all Florida. 8vo, 301pp, color frontis map of de Soto's route through southern US. Green cloth covers with title in gilt on spine. Covers are dusty and rubbed, esp at right hand edge of front cover and at top and base of spine. Internally, pages toned esp at end papers. Hinges are starting. Good.