Hernando de Soto (c.1496-1542),Spanish explorer and conquistador. Soto left Spain in 1914 to travel to the Indies and find a passage through to China. He explored and colonised Panama,Nicaragua,Honduras and Peru,where the expedition,led by Francisco Pizarro,conquered the Incan Empire. In 1536 Soto returned to Spain a rich man due to the gold stolen from the Incas. In 1537 the King of Spain granted him the rights the conquer Florida. Between 1539 and 1542 Soto explored what is now the southeastern United States and became the first European to cross the Mississippi River | |
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