SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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he became the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean
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first European to reach the Mississippi River
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he sailed his ship Matthew and discovered Newfoundland on the eastern coast of Canada.
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he discovered the st Lawrence river.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1541, de Soto and his men became the first Europeans to encounter the great Mississippi River and cross it.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Hernando de Soto’s earliest experience in the New World was in South and Central America– where he had helped conquer the Incas. Tales of gold found in North America had fascinated de Soto. He was determined to discover it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Moving northwest through Alabama and then west through Mississippi, de Soto’s party was attacked relentlessly by Indians. On May 21, 1541, the Spaniards saw for the first time the Mississippi River, the “Father of the Water” south of Memphis, Tennessee.
Detailed explanation-5: -It shows Spanish conquistador and explorer Hernando De Soto (1500–1542), riding a white horse and dressed in Renaissance finery, arriving at the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8, 1541. De Soto was the first European documented to have seen the river.