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Rowing into Shore


Hernando DeSoto and his Conquistadors rowing into shore on a small boat at De Soto National Memorial Park, landfall of the DeSoto Expedition of 1539. Bradenton's Conquistadors annually portray this historical event in a week-long pageant.
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida. Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center.

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