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- GLC#
- GLC08878.0002-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1858
- Author/Creator
- Powell, William Henry, 1823-1879
- Title
- De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi.
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 print : b&w Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
- Primary time period
- The Americas to 1620
- Sub-Era
- Exploration Native Americans
One engraving entitled "De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi" dated 1858. Depicts De Soto, riding a white horse, arriving at the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8,1541. Native Americans watch in front of their tepees, and a chief holds out a peace pipe. Artillerymen with weapons, armor, and a cannon are pictured in the foreground. To the right, a monk prays as men set a crucifix in the ground. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co., New York. Based on the painting by William Henry Powell.
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