Discovery of the Mississippi. (Updated over a year ago)

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William Henry POWELL (1823-1879): Painted for the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. The scene shows the events of 1541 when Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto was the first European to see the Mississippi River.

Tags: american , modern , neoclassic , painting

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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