| Name | De Soto National Memorial |
| Brief Description | National Memorial |
| Type | Attraction |
| Category | St Petersburg Florida National Park |
| Description | On a sweltering day in May of 1539, Hernando de Soto and an army of over 600 soldiers splashed ashore in the Tampa Bay area. They arrived in nine ships laden with supplies: two hundred and twenty horses, a herd of pigs, a pack of vicious war dogs, cannon, matchlock muskets, armor, tools and rations. It was everything they would need to execute the order of King Charles V: sail to La Florida and |
| Address | 8300 De Soto Memorial Hwy. |
| CSZ | Bradenton, FL 34282 |
| Phone 1 | (941) 792-0458 |
| Handicapped Accessible | No |
| Website | www.nps.gov/deso/index.htm |
| Last Updated | 1/23/2013 |
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