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De Soto Expedition

De Soto Expedition

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 Host Jack Maddox examines Hernando de Soto's catastrophic four-year expedition through the American Southeast, revealing how Spanish conquest devolved into disaster. Explore deadly battles, devastating disease epidemics, and the expedition's disintegration on the Mississippi River.

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  • De Soto Expedition - Uncover a lost legacy with Jack Maddox

    De Soto Expedition - Uncover a lost legacy with Jack Maddox
    Apr 11 2026
    Join host Jack Maddox as he unravels the brutal true story of Hernando de Soto's catastrophic expedition through the American Southeast—a doomed quest for gold that sparked bloody battles, unleashed devastating plagues, and ended in desperate escape down the Mississippi River. A saga of conquest and collapse that changed history forever.

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    1 min
  • De Soto Expedition - Death on the River and the End of Everything

    De Soto Expedition - Death on the River and the End of Everything
    Apr 11 2026
    Jack Maddox recounts the 1542 death of Hernando de Soto and his expedition's catastrophic end. After three years searching for gold across the American Southeast, 311 survivors fled down the Mississippi, abandoning 500 enslaved people, while indigenous societies collapsed from introduced diseases.

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    28 mins
  • De Soto Expedition - The Invisible Army That Killed Millions

    De Soto Expedition - The Invisible Army That Killed Millions
    Apr 11 2026
    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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    26 mins
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