Title: Mr. Nussbaum - Hernando de Soto Biography
Headings: Hernando de Soto Biography
Hernando de Soto Biography
Hernando de Soto
Early Life
Glory and Conquest
Into the Southeast in Search of Gold
Discovery of the Mississippi River
Questionable Legacy

Content: Furthermore, while in Arkansas, de Soto and his men clashed with the Tula people, which took a great toll on the already weakened men. On May 21, 1542, Hernando de Soto himself died of a fever. Questionable Legacy
At the time, the de Soto expedition was seen as a great failure. De Soto failed to establish any permanent colonies, found no gold, and did not find the passage between the two great oceans. Furthermore, his expedition left death and disease wherever it traveled that resulted in the destruction of countless native villages. De Soto’s expedition, however, did provide the first documented descriptions of the native people in the southeastern United States and caused the Spanish to concentrate their colonies in Florida and along the Pacific Coast. UPGRADE TO MRN365.COM
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