FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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De Soto
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De NIza
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Dorantes
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Dorito
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Detailed explanation-1: -They crossed the river and made their way through Arkansas and Louisiana. Then, early in 1542, de Soto turned back to the Mississippi River. Overcome by fever, he died in Louisiana, and his comrades buried his body in the Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-2: -De Soto’s Discovery of the Mississippi, 1541. (Johnson, Fry & Co., 1858). (Gilder Lehrman Collection) In 1539, Hernando de Soto led the first major European expedition into the interior of the southeastern North America, an area then known as La Florida.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hernando de Soto’s expedition of La Florida lasted four years, from 1539-1543. He and his men explored over 4, 000 miles of territory within ten modern U.S. states searching for riches and an ideal location to create a Spanish settlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1541, de Soto and his men became the first Europeans to encounter the great Mississippi River and cross it.