Hernando De Soto: A Biography By Dr. Lawrence A. Clayton became known as a courageous explorer who helped conquer the new world for Spain . pizarro sent de Soto with a small troop of 15 cavalrymen to invite http://www.floridahistory.com/larrys.html
Extractions: De Soto, «dih SOH toh,» Hernando (1500?-1542), a Spanish explorer, helped to defeat the Inca empire and led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River. From 1539 to 1542, he led a large Spanish expedition through what is now the southern United States. His army landed in Florida and crossed about 10 present-day states. De Soto became known as a courageous explorer who helped conquer the New World for Spain. However, the era of exploration was marked by greed, intolerance, and cruelty. In their search for wealth, de Soto and his men tortured and brutally killed many Indians. Early expeditions. De Soto was born in the province of Extremadura in Spain. As a teen-ager, he sailed to the New World and began his career as an explorer in the tropical rain forests of Panama. De Soto served in expeditions to enslave Indians and to search for wealth. By the early 1530's, de Soto was known as an excellent soldier and horseman. He joined an expedition led by Francisco Pizarro, another Spanish explorer, against the empire of the Inca Indians in what is now Peru. After a short delay, the men began their journey in 1532 with a small army of 168 men. They reached the city of Cajamarca, where a huge Inca army, commanded by Emperor Atahualpa, was camped. Pizarro sent de Soto with a small troop of 15 cavalrymen to invite Atahualpa to meet with Pizarro. The Spaniards ambushed the Inca and captured their emperor. Although the Inca paid an enormous ransom for their emperor, the Spaniards executed him. De Soto helped Pizarro capture Cusco, the Inca's capital, in 1533.
Explorer Francisco Pizarro Explorer francisco pizarro. Home. Arctic Explorers. General Resources. AntarcticaExplorers. General Resources. Africa Explorers http://www.archaeolink.com/explorer_francisco_pizarro.htm
Extractions: Explorer Francisco Pizarro Home Arctic Explorers General Resources Antarctica Explorers General Resources Africa Explorers Behaim, Martin Cadamosto, Alvise da Dias, Bartolomeu Eannes, Gil ... Speke, John Hanning New World Explorers Albanel, Charles Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Brûlé, Étienne Cabot, John ... Vespucci, Amerigo World Explorers Cook, James Da Gama, Vasco Drake, Sir Francis General Resources ... Zheng He (Cheng Ho) Francisco Pizarro _Use the good map to follow Pizarro's route of exploration. For younger grades but useful for all. - Illustrated - From Enchanted Learning -
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Extractions: Explorer Cavelier de La Salle Home Arctic Explorers General Resources Antarctica Explorers General Resources Africa Explorers Behaim, Martin Cadamosto, Alvise da Dias, Bartolomeu Eannes, Gil ... Speke, John Hanning New World Explorers Albanel, Charles Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Brûlé, Étienne Cabot, John ... Vespucci, Amerigo World Explorers Cook, James Da Gama, Vasco Drake, Sir Francis General Resources ... Zheng He (Cheng Ho) Cavelier de La Salle _This important explorer was driven by his desire to find a route to the Orient. Read his story here. - Illustrated - From the Virtual Museum of New France -
Extractions: Castilian conquistador, arrived in Panama in 1514; in 1524 he supported Pizarro's plan to undertake an expedition against the Inca Empire and expected to become part of the enterprise. Accompanied Pizarro on the 1526 expedition. Joined Pizarro after Cajamarca; entered Cuzco in 1533, together with Pizarro. In 1535, Almagro, undertook an expedition into the southern provinces of the Inca Empire (northern Chile, -1537). Upon his return he challenged Pizarro's hold of Cuzco and took it by force (1537); in 1538 it was Almagro's turn to be defeated, and he was executed.
Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. OUR MAN ON THE CORONADO TRAIL Coronado and the lost cities of gold * In search of the fabled glory of the conquistadores, I'm steering down State Highway 92 in Palominas, Arizona. Palominas has a pink-and-yellow circus tent advertising a Full Gospel Crusade Miracle Service. It also has an ostrich farm, be- cause as we approach the millennium, ostrich farms are spreading across the length and width of our great republic. Not far from the Miracle Service, the San Pedro River dawdles up from Mexico. It is, here, a desultory trickle of water shaded by cottonwood trees. The Bureau of Land Management has set aside the riverbank as a nature preserve, and I drive down a dirt road to find it. I can tell by the way the car shimmies that although the dirt is crusted dry on top, it is muddy underneath. On the radio someone named Lourdes is dedicating a song to Tom:is because they've had a fight. I worry about ruining my shoes in the mud and want to know what the fight is about. But the desire to follow historic footsteps wins out, so I stop the car and walk around. More than 450 years before, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado strode this riverbank on his journey to immortality.
