A judge named Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón meets a man from the land of Chicora who fills his head with tales of gold, pearls, domesticated deer and men with tails who only eat raw fish. De Ayllón brings the man to the King of Spain, and according to the historian Peter Martyr captivates the attention of the restless masses, 600 of whom will go with de Ayllón to the American South East.

Suggested Reading (full works cited will be presented in the season 4 endnotes episode)

Peter Martyr “Decades of the New World”

A SPANISH SETTLEMENT IN CAROLINA, 1526.By J. G. Johnson, M. A.

Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón's Doomed Colonyof San Miguel de GualdapeBy Douglas T. Peck