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Nov 9, 2009 · Seeking greater glory and riches, de Soto embarked on a major expedition in 1538 to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown. He and his men traveled nearly 4,000 miles throughout the region...
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 been reported by various Native American tribes and earlier coastal explorers, and for a passage to China or the Pacific coast.
Mar 10, 2022 · The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542) landed on the west coast of Florida on 30 May 1539, hoping to find wealthy kingdoms to conquer and plunder. His crew journeyed for over four years in southeastern North America, savaging the local peoples, but ultimately returned home empty-handed.
Oct 18, 2024 · In April 1538 de Soto embarked from the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in command of 10 ships and 700 men. After a brief stop in Cuba, the expedition landed in May 1539 on the coast of Florida, at a point somewhere between present-day Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor.
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Jul 11, 2022 · In the 1530s, de Soto was one of Francisco Pizarro's key commanders and co-funder of the expedition that began the conquest of the Inca Empire. In return for his financial backing, de Soto was promised the governorship of the largest city they encountered.
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- 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.
Print of famed explorer and conquistador, Hernando de Soto, who helped conquer the Inca Empire in Peru, and began some of the first explorations of southeastern North America. The Mariners’ Museum Hernando de Soto died of sickness while exploring the Mississippi River, and surrounding territories.
Aug 2, 2023 · In the early 1530s, while on Francisco Pizarro's expedition, Hernando de Soto helped conquer Peru. In 1539 he set out for North America, where he discovered the Mississippi River.
