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Biography of Hernando de Soto
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Hernando de Soto born in Jerez de los Caballeros o Barcarrota (Badajoz) in 1500. He was a Spanish adelantado, conquistador, politician and military man who participated in numerous events related to the conquest of America.
At a very young age, he left with Pedrarias Dávila in 1514 for Tierra Firme, the first continental lands explored by the Spaniards.
Hernando de soto brief biography samples
He participated in the conquests of Nicaragua with Francisco Hernández de Córdoba and later in the conquest of Peru with Francisco Pizarro. But he wanted to be a protagonist and in 1537 he was commissioned an expedition to find the passage to the South Sea but sailing through the north of America and for that reason he was appointed governor of Florida and governor of Cuba.
He prepared 10 ships and 600 men and set out to explore North American territory, confident that he would find great civilizations and great riches, but he only found poor Indians and sma