Introduction and Index to Florida Exploration and Conquest by Hernando de Soto and Cabeza de Vaca, 16th century, in 14 states and 100's of today's cities.

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A comprehensive biography of the great Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto.

Go to Chapter One Section Go to Book World's Review Hernando de Soto A Savage Quest in the Americas By David Ewing Duncan Chapter One : Soto is Born We start by imagining a wiry, muscular boy of perhaps eleven, riding a lean Andalusian stallion fast across a low, rugged range of mountains in south-central Spain--a hot, desolate place of rocks, gnarled oaks, sheep, goats, deer, rabbits, snakes, ...