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Hernando de Soto and the exploration of Florida / by Jim Gallagher.

Author Gallagher, Jim, 1969-

ImprintPhiladelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2000.

Description63 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.

Note: ContentGod, gold, and glory -- Conquistador is born -- Conquest of the Incas -- Exploration of La Florida -- Wandering in the wilderness -- Death of the Adelantado.

Abstract:A biography of the wealthy Spaniard who came to the New World to seek glory and who was the first European to reach the Mississippi River in 1541.

ISBN:0791055124

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