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The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida (1851)
Credit: The Internet Archive
Original Author: A Gentleman of Elvas
Created: 1851

The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida (1851), Page 31

A Gentleman of Elvas, The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida; by Don Ferdinando de Soto and Six Hundred Spaniards His Followers. Richard Hakluyt, ed. (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1851), 31.

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