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Hernando de Soto

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Facts : Nationality : Spanish Lifespan : 1500-1542

Education : Educated to the age of 14

Career : Spanish Conquistador andExplorer

Famous as : The 1st European to exploreFlorida and South East America

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Biography

Hernando de Soto was born in 1496. Hernando de Soto was the first European

documented to have crossed theMississippi River.

Hernando de Soto's North Americanexpedition ranged throughout thesoutheastern United States searching for

gold and a passage to China. He died on May 21st 1542 on the banks of

the Mississippi River in Arkansas.

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De Sotos Route

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Hernando de Soto arrivesFlorida

In May 1539,de Soto landednine ships withover 620 menand 220surviving

horses atShaw's Point,in Bradenton.

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Hernando de Soto andhis expedition

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Timeline :- 1530: Francisco Pizarro recruited de Soto for his

famous expedition to Peru 1531 January: Hernando De Soto sailed with

Francisco Pizarro from the port of Panama with 3

ships and over 200 men 1532 November 15: Pizarro reaches Cajamarca and

captures Atahuallpa, the emperor of the Incas.Thousands of Incas were killed. The fabulous

treasure of the Incas was stolen 1535 6 January: Pizarro founded Lima, Peru which he

called Ciudad de los Reyes meaning 'City of the Kings'

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1536: Hernando De Soto returned to Spain reportingto the King on the explorations of Pizarro. De Sotobrought back his share of the Incas gold - he was arich man

1536: Hernando De Soto set up a household in Seville 1537: De Soto married Ines de Bobadilla the youngest

daughter of Pedrarias Davila. 1537: Hernando De Soto was named the titles of

Adelantado of Florida and Governor of Cuba byCharles V and granted the rights to conquer Florida

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1537/38: Hernando De Soto gathered together 950armed soldiers, priests and 10 ships

1538 April 6: The Hernando De Soto expedition left

Sanlucar, Spain for the Americas 1538: The expedition landed at Santiago de Cuba

1538/39 : De Soto had been given the title Governor ofCuba, he spent some months in Cuba preparing for the

voyage to Florida

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1539: May 30 Hernando De Soto arrived on the westcoast of Florida with 1000 soldiers

1538/42: Hernando De Soto spent four years exploringthe area and searching for gold and silver. His contactwith the native Indians was always violent and brutal

1542: Hernando De Soto died of a fever on May 21,1542. He was buried on the banks of the MississippiRiver

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De Sotos Journey

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Hernando de Sotosjourney

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