De Soto National Memorial - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
De Soto National Memorial - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
De Soto National Memorial is a national memorial located in Manatee County, approximately west of Bradenton, Florida. The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States. The memorial site comprises , where the Manatee River joins Tampa Bay. It has of coastline; eighty percent of the area is mangrove swamp. Read more on Wikipedia
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