About the Author

Paul E. Hoffman, a professor of history at Louisiana State University, is the author or coauthor of six books on colonial Latin American history, including Florida's Frontiers and The Last Voyage of "El Nuevo Constante."

Reviews

"The dramatic and previously misunderstood story of the earliest European explorers of the southern coast." - South Carolina Historical Magazine "Should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the colonial history of all of the South." - Journal of Southern History"