Conquistadors vs the Giant King of Alabama: Uncensored
Hernando de Soto’s expedition was one of the most violent and disastrous Spanish Conquistador colonization efforts in North American history. In the early 1540s, De Soto and hundreds of Spanish soldiers marched through what is now the southeastern United States in search of gold, enslaving Native peoples, burning towns, and destabilizing entire regions. Along the way, they became the first Europeans to document the Mississippi River. They eventually fought Tuscaloosa at Mabila in Alabama.
Thousands of Natives were killed and half the Spanish Expedition would die.
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Sources/Bibliography
The Florida of the Inca – Garcilaso de la Vega – 1605
Narrative of the Expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida , published in 1557 by a Gentleman of Elvas
The De Soto chronicles : the expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America in 1539-1543
by Clayton, Lawrence A; Knight, Vernon J; Moore, Edward C. (Edward Carter), 1917
Conquistador Voices – Kevin Siepel
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