Evidence found in Ga. of Spanish explorer's trail- Hernando de Soto in Georgia

hosted ^ | Nov. 5, 2009

[JoeProBono]

An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was scheduled to present his findings Thursday to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Mobile, Ala. Excavations since 2006 in rural Telfair County uncovered remains of an Indian settlement along with nine pea-sized glass beads and six metal objects, including three iron tools and a silver pendant. Blanton says the artifacts are consistent with items Spanish explorers traded with Indians.

[JoeProBono]

Sixteenth century glass beads are among the rare artifacts discovered at Fernbank Museum of Natural History's archaeology site, which scholars believe is a stop along Hernando de Soto's trek through the Southeast in 1540. (Credit: Dan Schultz/Fernbank Museum of Natural History)

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[wagglebee]

Ping

[hellbender]

Ah...the Good Old Days, when we were taught in school about those European explorers (LaSalle, Cartier, Hudson, and the rest), and car styling was inspired by Korean War jet fighters. Makes me nostalgic.

[Pharmboy]

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Thanks to JoeProBono for the post and wagglebee for the ping. Great stuff...

Hey blam...looks like that trail goes through your backyard.

[aculeus]

BTTT!!!!

[razorback-bert]

Looks as if Hernando passed through or very close to my farm.

[Pharmboy]

Start looking for 16th century Spanish swords and armor...

[blam]

"Hey blam...looks like that trail goes through your backyard."

Yup. Mobile was under Spanish rule at one point. There are things named for these Spanish folks around here...but, most names are French. Dauphin Island, just down ther road from me, was the capitol of all French terrories in 1699. Mardi Gras in the US has it's origins in Mobile, not New Orleans.

" Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was scheduled to present his findings Thursday to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Mobile, Ala.

Hmmm. There's an archaeological conference here and I didn't even know about it.

[blam]

I still love that car.

[freedumb2003]

I visited the ruins of Cortes’ first outpost in Veracruz, established from the 16 Century. The jungle is very much in the process of reclaiming it, but it was absolutely fascinating.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Cincinna]

Thanks, Civ Great SEINFELD QUOTE!

[Cincinna]

Thanks, Civ Great SEINFELD QUOTE!

[Interesting Times]

Ping.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Cincinna. :’)

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. The drawing of what they did to Indians is grim. And the map is controversial. No one really knows precisely where DeSoto went.

[Miss Marple]

For those of us of a “certain age”, De Soto means cars.

It also makes me think of Groucho Marx, I think because DeSoto-Plymouth was the sponsor of “You Bet Your Life.”

[Little Ray]

I love Mobile. We stayed on Dauphin Island and visited the city. Its like Charleston, but without the snootiness.

[Varda]

"The drawing of what they did to Indians is grim. "

Actually it's a piece of period anti-Catholic propaganda done by 16th century engraver Thomas de Bry.

To my mind these things should be interesting historical footnotes but they are so effective that they at still used as general anti-Western propaganda in textbooks.

[JoeProBono]

[Varda]

They look amazingly Greek but I guess that’s what de Bry was after.

[JoeProBono]

An engraving portrait of Theodorus de Bry, by himself and confirming his origins from Liège, in Latin "Leodiensis", between brackets: (a city at that time not belonging either to Flanders or Wallonia, or even to Belgium). He is dressed in work costume, with a flange goffered on a collar of fur, one hand holding a compass while the other rests on a human skull, both signs of erudition at that time. With his high head, sharp eyes, and severe face, he seems to pronounce the Latin words registered on the table: "Domine, doce me ita reliquos vitae meae dies transigere ut in vira pietate vivam et moriar". Just below these words, there is the motto of the de Bry family, NUL SANS SOUCY, which means "none without worry".

[JoeProBono]

Engraving of the American Indian town of Pomeiooc, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. (Illustration by Theodor de Bry.

[Varda]

Thanks for that. I typed Thomas instead of Theodor, duh!

[JoeProBono]

Tomato Tomahto:)

[zot]

The drawing is grim and obviously intentional. Thanks for the explanation of this piece of anti-Catholic propaganda.