Title: Parallel Histories: Hernando de Soto / Historias Paralelas: Hernando de Soto
Headings: Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto
Hernando de Soto

Content: In the course of the journey, more than half of the expeditionary force perished from various causes; de Soto fell ill and died on May 21, 1542. Although he did not fulfill his goal of finding wealth to match that of the Incas, he opened the way for further Spanish exploration and settlement. 1. Account of the Hernando de Soto expedition from the time that de Soto landed in Florida until its completion three years later. In the course of the expedition, through Florida and the southeastern part of North America, more than half of the force, including de Soto himself, perished from various causes. 2. De Soto’s exact route is not known, but he and his men traveled through as many as nine or ten future states in the American Southeast. 3. De Soto was honored in Spain for his role in the conquest of Peru and his later explorations of North America.