[DOC] [TLE] Hernando de Soto - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out how he became known as the first European to discover the Mississippi 
... encounter the great Mississippi River and cross it; de Soto died early the next 
year. ... After a stop in Cuba, the expedition landed at Tampa Bay in May 1539. ... 
In the spring, De Soto led his men north, through Georgia, and west, through the
... [DOC] [TLE] Hernando de Soto - Wikipedia [PAR] Hernando de Soto (c. 1495  May 21, 1542) was a Spanish explorer and 
conquistador who led ... De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi 
River in what is now ... De Soto sailed to the New World with the first Governor of 
Panama, .... Soto landed nine ships with over 620 men and 220 horses in south 
Tampa Bay. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about J Explorers - StudyStack [PAR] In 1524 this Florentine navigator became the first European to visit the New York 
area ... Beginning near Tampa Bay in 1539, this man led the first European ... 
These two Frenchmen explorer the Mississippi River area, Marquette and Joliet. [DOC] [TLE] De Soto's discovery of the Mississippi, 1541 | The Gilder Lehrman ... [PAR] In 1539, Hernando de Soto led the first major European expedition into the 
interior ... De Soto landed near Tampa Bay, Florida, with more than 600 men, and 
hoped to find riches in North America like the gold and silver other Spanish 
explorers... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of North America: EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison, or 
American .... and believed it to be the beginning of a route to the Atlantic Ocean (it 
is not). ... He led an expedition there with 300 men, including Cabeza de Vaca. ... 
his expedition landed on the west coast of Florida (near Tampa Bay) in April, 
1528,... [DOC] [TLE] MOSCOSO EXPEDITION | The Handbook of Texas Online| Texas ... [PAR] Jun 15, 2010 ... The army of an estimated 600 men sighted land on May 25, 1539, on the western 
coast of Florida near what is now Tampa Bay, ... On May 21, 1542, De Soto died 
from a fever at the Mississippi River ... The commission's proposed version of the 
route through Texas posits that the expedition, led by Moscoso,... [DOC] [TLE] Hernando de Soto - Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] Jul 8, 2014 ... Follow the journeys of explorer Hernando de Soto, the Spaniard who discovered 
the Mississippi River, on Biography.com. ... Synopsis; Early Life; Conquest of 
Peru; Exploring North America; Death; Related Videos ... De Soto's voyage would
, in fact, mark the first time that a European team of ... See More. [DOC] [TLE] The De Soto expedition - North Carolina Digital History - Learn NC [PAR] Discovery of the Mississippi, painting by William H. Powell ... In March 1540 the 
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the territory of the Ichisi, ... De 
Soto's men were the first, and possibly the last, Europeans to see the great Indian 
... America, de Soto landed in May 1539 near Tampa Bay, Fla., with about 600 
men,... [DOC] [TLE] Indians of Arkansas: First Encounters [PAR] Soto sailed in 1539 from Cuba to Tampa Bay along the west coast of the Florida 
... The bedraggled remnants of his army escaped down the Mississippi River to ... 
More resentment built as Soto seized Indian men, women, and children to ... of 
the Spaniard's visit in the form of glass beads, a brass harness bell, and lead shot
. [DOC] [TLE] Carolana Explorers - Hernando De Soto [PAR] In 1532 he joined the expedition of Francisco Pizzaro starting from Panama ... In 
1533 he was sent at the head of a small party to explore the highlands of .... In 
October, 1539, de Soto sent Juan Aasco with thirty men to Espiritu Santo Bay 
where .... empire and led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi 
River. [DOC] [TLE] Biographies [PAR] His first explorations were in the tropical rain forests of Panama as part

Question: Beginning near Tampa Bay in 1539, this man led the first European exploration to see the Mississippi
Answer: Hernando de Soto