Hernando De Soto

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Hernando De Soto

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Birth Death

• De Soto was born about 1500,in Barcarrota Spain.
• De Soto fell ill and died of a fever in 1542.

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De Soto s gold

• One of the most famous gold seekers in history
  was De Soto.
• De Soto was rich from Incan gold and wanted to
  colonize with North America

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De Soto led

• De Soto led the first Europeans into America in
  1540 at age 39.
• His fleet of 9 ships carried supplies, pigs,
  horses, war dogs, and 600 conquistadors,
  accompanied by tailors, shoe makers, stocking
  makers, noties, trumpeters,friars, servants,
  slaves and two women.

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When De Soto sailed

• When he was 19 he sailed to the new world with
  Pedrarias Davila, governor of Darien.
• He be came a ruthless soldier whose men feared
  his temper but admired his horsemanship

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De Soto went to Florida

• The Spaniards did not know the country north of
  Florida.
• On May 30,1539 De Soto and his men went ashore at
  Tampa Bay in Florida.

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Mississippi River

• De Soto first saw the Mississippi River at the
  present site of Memphis in spring of 1541, one
  year before his death.
• De Soto forced the Indians to furnish supplies,
  killed their chiefs until they told them where
  gold was.

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What a failure

• In the view of the Spanish Crown, De Sotos
  expedition was a failure.
• It resulted in no new settlements,and no riches
  were discovered.

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First Christmas

• October 1539 De Soto and his entrada occupied the
  native village of Anhaica.
• December 25,1539 as devout catholics De Soto and
  his celebrated the first Christmas Mass in what
  would become United States.

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Questions

• When was he born?
• When did he die?
• When was his first Christmas?
• What was his famous seek about?

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Answers

• De Soto was born in the 1500.
• He died in 1542.
• His first Christmas was in 1539.
• His seek was about gold.