Cofitachequi

A map showing the Cofitachequi kingdom/paramountcy and its political structure in detail in the year 1538
A map showing the Cofitachequi kingdom/paramountcy and its political structure in detail in the year 1538

Cofitachequi was a paramount chiefdom founded about AD 1300 and encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition in South Carolina in April 1540. Cofitachequi was later visited by Juan Pardo during his two expeditions (1566–1568) and by Henry Woodward in 1670. Cofitachequi ceased to exist as a political entity before 1701.