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Spaniards looking for English explorers in inland Florida instead found De Soto's lagoon of pearls
Source: Situado and Sabana #82
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Although they covered 200 leagues of backcountry, the three parties succeeded only in relocating Hernando de Soto's "lagoon of pearls" (Rojas y Borja, 1625. Spain, at war with the Dutch since 1621, was in no position to undertake the conquest that would have been required to exploit an inland pearl fishery. (Bushnell SS)
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