H ERNANDO D E S OTO BY: Rachel Phillips

T HE B ASICS  Conquistador/ explorer  Born in (?)  Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain  Died in 1542  Nationality: Spanish  Greatly known for being first person explore Florida and South America

T HE F IRST E XPEDITION  The Conquest of Peru   Francisco Pizarro  Panama to Cuzco  80 men and four horses  Yucatán Peninsula  searching for passage between the Atlantic  ocean and the Pacific Ocean for trading purposes  Many of the names that appear on the map are of an origin considerably later than the period in question. They have been inserted for the purpose of showing the route of Pizarro in relation to its more or less modern environment.

R ETURN TO S PAIN  Large share of Spanish Inca Empire  Awarded to him by the King of Spain  received 724 marks of gold (de Soto became very wealthy during this time  Married Isabel de Bobadilla  Cabeza de Vaca  620 eager Spanish and Portuguese volunteers

C ONQUEST OF N ORTH A MERICA   Hernando de Soto arrived on the coast of Florida with nine ships  Shaw’s Point: Bradenton FL

N ORTH A MERICA C ONT.  Juan Ortiz (Narváez Expedition)  captured by Uzita  daughter of Chief Hirrihigua begged for Ortiz's life  Florida Pocahontas  Survived captivity and torture and joined de Soto’s expedition.  Lead guide, knew countryside, and communication

N ORTH A MERICA CONT.  seventeen-year-old boy Perico, or Pedro: translator  West coast of FL  Native ambushes and conflicts  First winter encampment was at Anhaica, the capital of the Apalachee  Only place where scientists can actually trace him

N ORTH A MERICA CONT.  North East: Georgia, South Carolina, Columbia  First European Explorer to explore Georgia  Flint River: built boat to ferry everyone over to Capachequi  Friendly female chief gave Spaniards whatever they wanted.  Pearls, food, etc (no gold to be found)  Next, the expedition headed North to the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina

N ORTH A MERICA CONT.  North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee  Appalachian Mountains  Rested his horses for a month so men could search for gold.  Did not spend much more time in NC, quickly moved onto Tennessee  Spent about a month bonding with tribe and eating native foods.  Turned expedition South to head to the Gulf of Mexico

N ORTH A MERICA CONT.  On the way to Gulf, stopped in Alabama and ended up burning and attacking a city until it was gone.  Lost a lot of possessions and 40 horses  Between 2,000- 6,000 died  May 8, 1541  Harsh winter  Once they reached Indian Village Of Guachoya, De Soto died of a Severe fever  Chose Luis de Moscoso Alvarado

F UN F ACTS !  Louisiana: De Soto Parish named after him  Discovered Mississippi River (Spain did not relinquish its claims on the Mississippi region until 1798.)  De Soto State park in Alabama  first European to see what Native Americans referred to as the Valley of the Vapors, Hot Springs, Arkansas

S OURCES  "Hernando De Soto." Elizabethan Era. Elizabethan Era, Web. 14 Oct  "Hernando De Soto." Web. 14 Oct  Kent, Emerson. "Map of the Conquest of Peru." Emerson Kent. Web. 14 Oct  "Pizarro, Fransisco." New World Encyclopedia. Web. 14 Oct  "State Facts: Mississippi." Things to Do. Web. 10 Oct 