De Soto Expedition - The Invisible Army That Killed Millions

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De Soto Expedition - The Invisible Army That Killed Millions

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Jack Maddox examines how Hernando de Soto's 1539 expedition through the American Southeast unleashed a devastating biological catastrophe. Exploring malaria, strategic violence, and the collapse of chiefdoms like Coosa, this episode traces how disease—not Spanish steel—reshaped an entire continent, killing millions and erasing civilizations before English colonizers ever arrived.

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