History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 5: Set of Chevron-Patterned Glass Beads, ca. 1500
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-Set of nine chevron-patterned glass beads
-Made in Venice, ca. 1500
-Found in Telfair, County, Georgia
A fistful of Venetian glass beads may be the crucial clue to tracing the route of the first European explorer to raid and rampage through the interior of North America -- Hernando de Soto.
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