From a purely geographic viewpoint, there are nine unmistakable
features of Florida's terrain which DeSoto's people described in detail.
THEY ARE, in ORDER OF ENCOUNTER:
1.) DeSoto's port of entry
2.) Florida's phosphate fields
3.) The Green Swamp
4.) The Suwannee River crossing
5.) The Wacissa River lakes
6.) Apalachicola River gorge (above)
7.) Blue Spring gorge, Marianna (right)
8.) Panama City Harbor, and
9.) DeSoto's Florida exit point
