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Hernando de Soto was born around the late 1490s or early 1500s in Extremadura, Spain, to parents who were both hidalgos, nobility of modest means. The region was poor and many people struggled to survive; young people looked for ways to seek their fortune elsewhere. He was born in the current province of Badajoz. [ 1 ]
Hernando de Soto Polar (commonly known Hernando de Soto / dəˈsoʊtoʊ /; born June 2, 1941) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. [ 1 ][ 2 ] His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his ...
The De Soto Chronicles. The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America, 1539–1543 is a two volume book collection edited by Lawrence A. Clayton, Vernon James Knight, Jr., and Edward C. Moore, published in 1993 by The University of Alabama Press.
March 11, 1948. De Soto National Memorial is a national memorial located in Manatee County, approximately five miles (eight kilometers) west of Bradenton, Florida. The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States.
A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [1] This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Florida. This began his ...
The reverse side of the bill depicts Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto discovering the Mississippi in 1541. $500 Series 1928 & 1934 Green Seal. ... among his other accomplishments, he’s ...
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The design is a continuous cantilevered cable-stayed steel through arch, with bedstead endposts. Memphians also call the bridge the "New Bridge", [ 2 ] as it is newer than the Memphis ...
A proposed route for the de Soto and de Moscoso Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [3] After returning to Peru, [1] Alvarado and his two brothers decided to work with Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Soto and Alvarado returned to Spain in 1536 due to a discussion broke out between Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro. In ...