Abstract
The adventurous trip of Hernando de Soto from his debarkation on the Florida Gulf Coast in 1539, through thousands of miles of wilderness, to his death on the Mississippi River in 1542 has been the subject of many fictional and scholarly studies. Despite the careful attention given to his journey many questions arise in the minds of the students. One is the puzzling problem of why no material objects have ever been found which can be derived from the De Soto expedition. It is hard to believe a party of more than five hundred well-equipped men would leave or lose nothing along their line of march.
Recommended Citation
Goggin, John M.
(1953)
"Are There De Soto Relics in Florida?,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 32:
No.
3, Article 3.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol32/iss3/3
