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English: "AN OLD PORTRAIT OF HERNANDO DE SOTO (ca. 1500-1542). Engraving from Retratos de los Españoles Illustres con un Epítome de sus Vidas, Madrid, Imprenta real, 1791." Caption, translated from Spanish: "HERNANDO DE SOTO: Extremaduran, one of the discoverers and conquerors of Peru: he travelled across all of La Florida and defeated its still invincible natives; he died in his expedition in the year 1543 in his 42nd year of age".
Español: Título: "HERNANDO DE SOTO / Estremeño: uno de los descubridores y conquistador.s del Perú: recorrió todo de la Florida y venció á sus naturales invencibles hasta entonces: murió en su expedic.n el año de 1543. á los 42. de su edad."
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"Florida's Centennial", Library of Congress, March 3, 1945
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Grabado de Juan Brunetti por dibujo de José Maea
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