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(1540). Hernando De Soto’s exploration of present-day South Carolina took place from April to May of 1540, one year into the journey that began in May 1539 at Tampa Bay and ended in September 1543 at the Pánuco River in Mexico. De Soto’s travels through South Carolina were part of an expedition that wound its […]