Welcome to the History of the Americans podcast, Episode 22.

I'm your host, Jack Heneman.

This episode welcomes back our old friend from the Kbeza-navaka saga, Esteban,

and the advanced scouting work he did with a drunken friar for the Coronado

expedition into the American Southwest. I'm back for my pedagogical excursion to Ukraine,

and I'm recording this episode on May 21st, 2021 in Austin, Texas.

Before we get to the history part, I want to thank all of you for listening and spreading

the good word. In the past few weeks, we've had another nice boost from David Burge on

Twitter. You can find his hilarious tweetage under at Iowa Hawk, if you don't know him.

And a slug of new listeners down under on account of a recommendation from Newty Reads,

a delightful Australian podcast that gives you a short and well-c curated piece of great writing a couple of times a week.

In the spirit of log rolling, please check them both out.

And if so, move, please spread the word about the history of the Americans or nudie reads

on your social propaganda channel of choice.

Our last episodes along the timeline were devoted to the

Hernando de Soto Entrada, which explored the American

Southeast and South from 1539 to 1543.

Soto and his successor, Moscoso, searched a vast area in vain

for a third great Indian civilization, the Spanish having already

found, conquered, and looted, the Aztecs in Mexico, and the Inca's in Peru. At essentially

the same time, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado would leave an even larger expedition from Mexico to the American

Southwest. Along the way as men will discover, air quotes, etc., the Grand Canyon and the Pueblo

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