Intro -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Series Page -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Another Worldi -- 2. Columbus's 1492 Voyage and the Search for His Landfall -- 3. The Search for La Navidad, Columbus's 1492 Settlement -- 4. Niña, Ship of Discovery -- 5. Puerto Real: Archaeology of an Early Spanish Town -- 6. Hernando de Soto's Expedition through the Southern United States -- 7. Artifacts of Exploration: Archaeological Evidence from Florida -- 8. Anhaica: Discovery of Hernando de Soto's 1539-1540 Winter Camp -- 9. The Tristán de Luna Expedition, 1559-1561 -- 10. Indian Responses to European Contact: The Coosa Example -- 11. Pedro Menéndez's Plan for Settling La Florida -- 12. St. Augustine and the La Florida Colony: New Life-styles in a New Land -- 13. Old World Meets New: Views across the Atlantic -- Selected References -- Index -- Illustration Credits (by page number)