De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged throughout what is now the southeastern United States, searching both for gold, which had ...

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This engraving depicts Hernando de Soto's discovery of the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8, 1541.

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Hernando de Soto (b. c. 1496/97–d. 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and ...

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Find out how he became known as the first European to discover the Mississippi River in this video.

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Hernando de Soto lead his 600 men to eventually discover the Mississippi River. Originally his intentions were to come to the Americas, and find gold/silver.

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Hernando de Soto and his private army emerged from the dense forest of the Blue Ridge at the end of May in 1540, and began descending the Nolichucky River ...

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In an abandoned village on an island in the Ocmulgee, De Soto's company discovered meat left roasting on a barbacoa, a wooden frame suspended over a wood fire. ...

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Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River.

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by H de Soto — Hernando de Soto mapped much of the southern half of the modern United States, from Florida to North Carolina and west to the Mississippi River.

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De Soto never came across fortune throughout his voyage, but historians credit him with the European discovery of the Mississippi River.

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