The De Soto chronicles

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De Soto and his expedition of over 600 men spent four years (1539-43) traveling through what is now Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. He discovered the Mississippi River, died of a fever, and was buried near the river. These documents are the only detailed eyewitness records of the most advanced native civilization in North America - a culture that vanished in the wake of European contact.

subjects: Indians of North America,  Spaniards,  Sources,  Spanish,  Discovery and exploration,  History,  Soto, hernando de, approximately 1500-1542,  Indians of north america, southern states,  Spaniards, foreign countries,  First contact with Europeans