Hernando de Soto
(1500-1542)
Spanish explorer and conquistador (c.1500-1542)
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Hernando de Soto (c. 1500 – May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula, and played an important role in Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
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1500 Badajoz, Spain
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21 May 1542 (aged 41) Ferriday, Louisiana
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