USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -However, the most significant impact on the native population from de Soto proved to be disease. The native tribes, having never made contact with Europeans, did not have any form of immunity to European diseases. The most detrimental of the illnesses they acquired turned out to be smallpox.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the New World. De Soto sailed to the New World with Pedro Arias Dávila, appointed as the first Governor of Panama.

Detailed explanation-3: -This engraving depicts Hernando de Soto’s discovery of the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8, 1541. De Soto (1500–1542) was the first European to document the river.

Detailed explanation-4: -Seeking greater glory and riches, de Soto embarked on a major expedition in 1538 to conquer Florida for the Spanish crown. He and his men traveled nearly 4, 000 miles throughout the region that would become the southeastern United States in search of riches, fighting off Native American attacks along the way.