File: Burial of DeSoto.jpg
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Architect of the Capitol |
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"Burial of DeSoto" - Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto died of a fever while searching for gold in Florida and the territory north of the Gulf of Mexico. To protect his body from enemies, his men buried him at night in the Mississippi River, which he had been the first European to discover. |
| Source/Photographer | Architect of the Capitol information webpage [1] |
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Public domain, work of the United States federal government |
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| current | 04:08, 16 December 2011 | | 5,142 × 1,917 (4.73 MB) | wikimediacommons>Scewing | Hi-res |
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