Virginia richly valued : by the description of the maine land of Florida, her next neighbour : out of the foure yeeres continuall trauell and discouerie for aboue one thousand miles east and west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto, and sixe hundred able men in his companie : wherin are truly obserued the riches and fertilitie of those parts, abounding with things necessarie, pleasant, and profitable for the life of man : with the natures and dispositions of the inhabitants - Knight of Elvas (LLMC-digital (Series), 1609)