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hernando de soto
Beginning near Tampa Bay in 1539, this man led the first European exploration to see the Mississippi
Trivia about hernando de soto
This Spanish explorer, not Ponce de Leon, claimed Florida for Spain in June of 1539
He first sighted the Mississippi in May 1541; fittingly, his men buried him in the river after he died May 21, 1542
9 years before arriving at the Mississippi River, he met the Incan ruler Atahualpa in Peru
He picked up a reported equivalent of $500,000 w/Pizarro in Peru before discovering the Mississippi
In 1536 Spain's King Charles I made this explorer governor of Cuba; he arrived near present-day Tampa Bay in 1539
Sunflower Landing near Clarksdale, Miss. is believed to be where he found the Mississippi River in 1541
In 1537 he was told that to keep his job as governor of Cuba and Florida, he'd have to conquer & colonize Florida
In 1540 this Spaniard became the first European to explore the interior of Georgia
In 1541 he crossed the Mississippi & came within 400 miles of running into Coronado
He stumbled around the south in search of gold but did gain fame as the European discoverer of the Mississippi