Little is known of his early life, other than he came from minor nobility in spain and made it to panama by the time he was about 14 years old. He gained much of his wealth by trafficking slaves and came to win large areas of land in the spanish colonies, as well as gold mines and trade ships. This meant that he came from a very old and respected family. Maintained by find a grave body lost or destroyed, who reports a placed in a hollowed out tree trunk and placed in the mississippi river. Spain wages war against southeastern native peoples. Find out how he became known as the first european to discover the mississippi river in. Pdf 1539 artifacts and archaeology from conquistador. Or, record of the events of fiftysix years, from 15121568 1881 by barnard shipp. In the spring of 1541, about two years after landing at tampa bay, he reached the bank of. It talks about his background, travels and expedition into the united states. His parents were minor spanish nobility, or hidalgos. He gained much of his wealth by trafficking slaves and came to win large areas of. Hernando desotos conquistador crew february 28, 2018 you are invited to join the geocaching explorers club and be among the first geocachers to visit every planet in our solar system earning souvenirs along the way.
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