De Soto in Georgia

Scholars place Hernando de Soto's 1540 expedition near here, where Indians of the Altamaha chiefdom ferried the Spaniards across the river by dugout canoe. It was Europe's first deep push into the Southeastern interior.

De Soto in Georgia is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1990. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.0807, -83.2292 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Blackbridge Gallery (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia College & State University Planetarium, Museum of Fine Arts, and Natural History Museum.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.