De Soto National Memorial encompasses approximately 26 acres on the south bank of the Manatee River at Bradenton, Florida.
Click here to download a map of the park, with trails and primary visitor facilities.
Did You Know?
The men of Hernando de Soto's 1539 expedition to La Florida learned the hard way that Native American warriors could load and fire their long bows with deadly accuracy nearly a dozen times in the period required to load and fire the clumsy arquebus musket once. Visit De Soto National Memorial.
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