Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role ...

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He supplied ships for Francisco Pizarro's southward expedition and ended up accompanying Pizarro in his conquest of Peru in 1532. Seeking ...

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He grew restless in Spain, however, and in 1537 he sought special permission to conquer Ecuador, with special rights to the Amazon River basin.

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De Soto was named Chief Lieutenant of Pizzaro's expedition to Peru. De Soto led the expedition to the Incan capital of Cajamarca. The Spanish held their leader ...8 pages

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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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In 1540, he explored the Carolinas. Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. In 1541, he went west through Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and ...

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In May 1539, de Soto set out from Cuba with about 600 men, plus horses, pigs, and equipment. His contract with the king required him to explore ...

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Soto accompanied Davila to Panama, where he was to supersede Vasco Nuñez de Balboa as governor. Davila and young Soto landed in 1519, and it was ...

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Hernando de Soto, second son of a country hidalgo, or minor noble, was born around 1500 in the Extremadura region of Spain.

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He traveled back to Spain in the mid-1530s, and was given permission and a governorship to conquer the lands of what they then referred to as La ...

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