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The De Soto Chronicles
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The De Soto Chronicles:

The Expedition of Hernando De Soto to North America 1539-1543

Lawrence A. Clayton, Vernon James Knight, Jr., Edward C. Moore

1994

University of Alabama Press

Volume I

Volume II
Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Hernando de Soto invested all he had in his 1539 expedition to Florida that ultimately covered 4,000 miles of what is now the Southeastern United States. During the four year expedition he found no rich empire to conquer, but he lost both his fortune and his life. Visit De Soto National Memorial.
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