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Hernando de Soto
Angelo Jasso
Hernando de Soto was born circa 1500 in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. He was apart of a noble, but poor family and was able to be educated through the patroning of Pedro Alias Dávila. His family wanted him to become a lawyer, but de Soto wanted to explore the West Indies instead.
In 1514, when Hernando was just 14 years old, Dávila took de Soto for his first expedition. There he was appointed captain of a cavalry expedition troop. He gained a fortune through the slave trade and proved he was a worthy explorer and trader.
In 1532, de Soto was second in command for Francisco Pizarro in an expedition to explore and conquer Peru. They successfully captured the capital city Cuzco(capital during Incan Empire). In 1536, de Soto returned to Spain as a very wealthy man.
In 1539, he arrived in North America to gather riches and use the fertile land.
De Soto had more reasons for leaving other than for Spain. Not only did he do it for gold, god, and glory, but also because he heard of the riches and the fertile land and was growing restless from the stories he heard of other explorers adventures there. For that reason, de Soto sold all of his things, gathered 700 men and 10 ships, and departed from Sanlúcar in 1538.
In 1539, de Soto successfully landed at Tampa Bay in Florida. He and his men traveled through the southern eastern half of the current United States. They went through Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. They were the first Europeans to ever explore Georgia and Alabama. They faced many battles with Natives while traveling.
In 1541, de Soto and his crew discovered the Mississippi River. They were the first europeans to document the river and the first to ever cross it. It was crossed to reach Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mexico. When de Soto died, his body was buried in the river.
In 1542, Hernando de Soto died of a fever in Ferriday, Lousiana. He and his crew were on their way to Mexico, but de Soto didn't make it. When he died, they turned back to the river and buried him there. De Soto's successor, Luis de Moscoso, became the new leader. He led the crew to Mexico where the expedition ended.
Who were some people that explored and settled in the North American region after it was discovered by Europeans and what did they contribute to the advancement of North America?
- John Wheelwright - established the town of Exeter, New Hampshire
- Lord Baltimore - first Proprietor (property holder) in the Province of Maryland
- Thomas Hooker - founded the Colony of Connecticut after separating from Puritan leaders in Massachusetts
- Roger Williams - founded the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- William Penn - founder of Pennsylvania
- James Oglethorpe - founder of the colony of Georgia
- Juan Ponce de León - founder of Florida
- Jacques Cartier - claimed Canada for France
- Juan Ponce de León
- Henry Hudson
- Jacques Cartier
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
- John Cabot
- Hernando de Soto
- James Madison
- John Jay
- John Adams
- Alexander Hamilton
- Benjamin Franklin
- Thomas Jefferson
- George Washington
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- It allows me to give information while it is viewed at the same time. I can put images, list my sources through text, and keep things organized.
- Hernando de Soto and his expedition.
- I wanted to explore people who explored the US after Columbus, but not just the Thirteen Colonies. De Soto was the most interesting person of the people I found so I chose him to be my topic.
- What expeditions did de Soto go on?
- What were the reasons for de Soto's departure?
- Where did he go in North America and what did he discover?
- I wanted to know what happened during his North America expedition because that was my center of attention and what interested me in the first place.
(I did get answers to all of my questions.)
- What happened to his wife?
- Why did his men bury him in the Mississippi River?
https://www.biography.com/people/hernando-de-soto-38469
http://www.history.com/topics/exploration/hernando-de-soto
https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_soto/de_soto1.htm
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/hernando-de-soto-georgia
https://www.thoughtco.com/mabila-battle-de-soto-chief-tascalusa-171575
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/de-soto%E2%80%99s-discovery-mississippi-1541
https://kids.britannica.com/students/assembly/view/137353
http://www.davidstuff.com/usa/13colonies.htm