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    Hernando de Soto (/də ˈsoʊtoʊ/; Spanish: [eɾˈnando ðe ˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions...
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    Hernando Soto Polar (commonly known Hernando de Soto /dəˈsoʊtoʊ/; born June 2, 1941) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy...
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    The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a tied-arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee...
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    Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839 – September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi. Money was born in Holmes County...
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  • De Soto commonly refers to Hernando de Soto (c. 1500 – 1542), Spanish explorer DeSoto (automobile), an American automobile brand from 1928 to 1961 De...
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    Casqui was a Native American polity visited in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in eastern Arkansas. The...
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    the third-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Hernando. DeSoto County is part of the Memphis metropolitan area. It is the second-most...
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    1,653 at the 2000 census. It is named for Hernando de Soto, the discoverer of the Mississippi River. De Soto is located in northeastern Jackson County...
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    De Soto was platted in 1857 and named after Hernando de Soto (c. 1496/1497–1542), Spanish conquistador. A post office has been in operation at De Soto...
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    governor of the Indies in 1499. Isabel de Bobadilla married the prominent explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto in 1537, who was in charge of one of...
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  • The De Soto Chronicles: The Expedition of Hernando de Soto to North America, 1539–1543 is a two volume book collection edited by Lawrence A. Clayton, Vernon...
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    of Mabila at his fortified village against the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto. After being taken hostage by the Spanish as they passed through his...
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  • Córdoba Canada Hernando Island, British Columbia United States Hernando, Florida Hernando County, Florida Hernando, Mississippi Hernando de Soto (economist)...
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    Pacaha was a Native American polity encountered in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition. This group inhabited fortified villages in what is today the...
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    a paramount chiefdom founded about AD 1300 and encountered by the Hernando de Soto expedition in South Carolina in April 1540. Cofitachequi was later...
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    Advance Country (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    years since its last participation in a general election, economist Hernando de Soto registered in the party in order to run for the presidency at the 2021...
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    list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over...
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    small canyon. They are named after Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. DeSoto State Park, Alabama DeSoto and Other Alabama Waterfalls 34°33′N 85°35′W / 34...
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    Mabila (redirect from Battle of Hernando)
    Mississippian culture territory: Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his expedition. When Hernando de Soto first met Tuskaloosa at his home village and asked...
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    Ocale was the name of a town in Florida visited by the Hernando de Soto expedition, and of a putative chiefdom of the Timucua people. The town was probably...
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    point. Almost all dated Mississippian sites predate 1539–1540 (when Hernando de Soto explored the area), with notable exceptions being Natchez communities...
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  • was named in honor of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer, Hernando De Soto. De Soto was founded in 1855 and served as the county seat from 1858-1866...
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    Valerio. El legalismo de Hernán Cortés como instrumento de su conquista. Mexico 1965. Stein, R.C. The World's Greatest Explorers: Hernando Cortés. Illinois:...
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    Bradenton, Florida. The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what...
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    Hernando is the county seat of DeSoto County, on the northwestern border of Mississippi, United States. The population was 17,138 according to the 2020...
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    DeSoto (sometimes De Soto) was an American automobile marque that was manufactured and marketed by the DeSoto division of Chrysler Corporation from 1928...
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    marker at the site reads: In 1539, a Spanish expeditionary force led by Hernando de Soto landed in the Tampa Bay area. Nearly 600 heavily armed adventurers...
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    Tampa. The main operation on Mullet Key was named Fort De Soto in 1900, in honor of Hernando de Soto. The Army post was officially a subpost of Fort Dade...
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    explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, followed by Hernando de Soto who reached the river...
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    DeSoto County was created in 1887 from Manatee County. It was named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, whose name was also honored in Hernando County...
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