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De Soto in Florida: His Route From Tampa Bay to St. Marks by John Westcott, 1888

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De Soto in Florida: His Route From Tampa Bay to St. Marks by John Westcott, 1888

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Description

Booklet describing Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's route through Florida in 1539. The booklet includes maps of the route.

Date

1888

Creator

Westcott, John, 1805-1889

Publisher

Palatka New Publishing Company (Palatka, Fla.)

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Booklets

Title

De Soto in Florida: His Route From Tampa Bay to St. Marks by John Westcott, 1888

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Explorers--Florida

Maps--Florida

Conquerors

Description

Booklet describing Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's route through Florida in 1539. The booklet includes maps of the route.

Creator

Westcott, John, 1805-1889

Source

State Library of Florida, Federal Documents Collection

Publisher

Palatka New Publishing Company (Palatka, Fla.)

Date

1888

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booklets

Language

eng-US

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Text

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Coverage

Late 19th-Century Florida (1877-1900)

Geographic Term

Tampa (Fla.)

Hillsborough County (Fla.)

Fort Brooke (Tampa, Fla.)

Tampa Bay (Fla.)

Gadsdens Point (Fla.)

Ballast Point (Fla.)

Pease Creek (Fla.)

Fort Fraser (Polk County, Fla.)

Fort Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.)

Wekiva (Fla.)

Polk County (Fla.)

Fort Fowle (Marion County, Fla.)

Marion County (Fla.)

Ocklawaha River (Fla.)

Silver Springs (Fla.)

Paynes Prairie (Fla.)

Fort Crane (Alachua County, Fla.)

Alachua County (Fla.)

Pithlachocco Lake (Fla.)

Steinhatchee River (Fla.)

Santa Fe River (Fla.)

Hamilton County (Fla.)

White Springs (Fla.)

Withlacoochee River (Fla.)

Suwannee River (Fla.)

Alapaha River (Fla.)

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Infrastructure and Development

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Soto, Hernando de, approximately 1500-1542

Narvaez, Panfilo de, d. 1528

Vega, Garcilaso de la, 1503-1536

Irving, Theodore 1809-1880

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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Westcott, John, 1805-1889. De Soto in Florida: His Route From Tampa Bay to St. Marks by John Westcott, 1888. 1888. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345789>, accessed 27 December 2024.

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Westcott, John, 1805-1889. De Soto in Florida: His Route From Tampa Bay to St. Marks by John Westcott, 1888. 1888. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/345789>

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(State Archives of Florida/Westcott)

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