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De Soto took possession of FL
Source: Historical proof of the right of the Catholic King to the territory held to-day by the British King under the name of New Georgia #558
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On the first of June [1539] he [De Soto] reached a bay which he called Espiritu Santo,* [Arredondo note * On the Bay of Carlos in latitude 27° 45'.] and there on the second he took formal possession of Florida, with the greatest solemnity, in the name of Emperor Charles V. Going then into the interior, discovering towns, conquering and reducing armies of Indians, now by force and now by means of kind treatment and gifts, he passed through the provinces of Hirihigua,t [Arredondo note t So-called by Garcilaso de la Vega and by Guillermo de Lille.] Muscoso, Urrivarracuri, Acuera, Ocali, Ochile, Vitachuco, and Osachile, and reached that of Apalache. He explored this province completely, and then, leaving it, he continued his explorations to the north through the provinces of Altapaha, Chalquies, Cofa,* [Arredondo note * In 35° 40', the northernmost region traversed by Hernando de Soto.] Cofaqui, Cofachiqui, Guajule, Ychiaha, Coza, Juiala, Talapuz and Movilla.
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