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Route of the Spanish Treasure Fleets </b>(Far left side of marker)
Photographer: The First Inhabitants Marker
Caption: Route of the Spanish Treasure Fleets (Far left side of marker)
Additional Description: Left picture caption:"Santa Elena was located along the route taken by Spanish treasure fleets as they sailed back to Spain."
Right picture caption:"Europeans began exploring the southeastern coast in 1514. In 1521, a Spanish expedition entered what is today Port Royal Sound and made contact with local inhabitants."
Submitted: August 8, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p73100
File Size: 0.112 Megabytes

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