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Hernando de Soto (/ d ə ˈ s oʊ t oʊ /; [2] Spanish: [eɾˈnando ðe ˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Sep 7, 2024 · Hernando de Soto (b. c. 1496/97–d. 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru. He is also the European credited with “discovering” the Mississippi River.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 9, 2009 · Hernando de Soto was a 16th-century Spanish explorer and conquistador who grew rich through slavery and his conquests of the Inca and other Native Americans.
Jul 11, 2022 · Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542) was a Spanish conquistador who fought in Panama and Nicaragua and accompanied Francisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) in the conquest of the Inca civilization in Peru. He famously explored North America, including the Mississippi River where he died in 1542 never having found the fabled golden cities that had driven him ...
- Mark Cartwright
- Hernando de Soto is best known for exploring what is today the southeast of the United States and as a leading conquistador in the conquest of the...
- Hernando de Soto led the first European expedition to extensively explore parts of the southeastern United States between 1539 and 1542. Other Span...
- Hernando de Soto explored North America because he was searching for a golden empire as rich as the Aztecs and Incas. In this ambition, he failed.
Aug 2, 2023 · Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. Updated: Aug 02, 2023 4:47 PM...
Jun 9, 2017 · ON A COOL OCTOBER MORNING IN 1540, the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto rode into Mabila, a walled town in what is now central Alabama. Short and muscular, with a clipped beard and dark eyes, de Soto was resplendent in his Renaissance armor and bristling with self-confidence.
Hernando de Soto, (born c. 1496/97, Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain—died May 21, 1542, along the Mississippi River), Spanish explorer and conquistador.
