HERNANDO DE SOTO

Background Information

• Hernando De soto was born in the town of  Jerez De Los Caballeros, Spain on
• October 27, 1496
• He died of fever while he was exploring Louisiana on May 21,1542

Early life

• Hernando was 14 when he set out on his first voyage
• At a very young age, Hernando had had dreams of finding treasure in the New
• World

Interesting facts

• When Hernando was born he was very poor but later he became one of the 
• richest men of his time.
• When Hernando De Soto died he was buried at the banks of the mississipi 
• river.

SPONSOR AND MOTIVES

• Motives: gold he heard about in the New World.
• Sponsor: his own country, Spain

ROUTE

• Port, Alpache, Altamaha, Chiaha, Coste, Mabila, Alabamo, Tanico, Nilco, Naquatex, Guasco.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Hernando de soto got very rich from his expidition to Peru.
• Hernando defeated the large inca empire in the New World.
• He lead the first expidition to reach the mississippi river

IMPACT

• Because of Hernando's finding of the missisipi, people later settled there.
• Hernando de sotos expidition led to spanish people settling in florida.

WORK CITED

• Bio.com
• History.com
• Sweetsearch