| Title | : | La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Francis Parkman |
| Release | : | 2015-06-14 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books, European History, U.S. History |
| Size | : | 1281692 |
| The Spaniards discovered the Mississippi. De Soto was buried beneath its waters; and it was down its muddy current that his followers fled from the Eldorado of their dreams, transformed to a wilderness of misery and death. The discovery was never used, and was well-nigh forgotten. On early Spanish maps, the Mississippi is often indistinguishable from other affluents of the Gulf. A century passed after De Soto's journeyings in the South, before a French explorer reached a northern tributary of the great river... |
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