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De Soto
[ duh soh-toh; Spanish de saw-taw ]
noun
- Her·nan·do [her-, nan, -doh, e, r, -, nahn, -daw] or Fer·nan·do [fer-, nan, -doh, fe, r, -, nahn, -daw], c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.
- a city in NE Texas.
De Soto
/ de ˈsoto; də ˈsəʊtəʊ /
noun
- De SotoHernando?15001542MSpanishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer Hernando (ɛrˈnando). ?1500–42, Spanish explorer, who discovered the Mississippi River (1541) AlsoFernando De Sotofɛrˈnando
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Ferdinand de Soto sailed from Havana with ten ships for the conquest of Florida.
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Ferdinand de Soto, landed on the West coast of Florida, in search of gold.
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They had thus reached nearly the same place which De Soto had visited about one hundred and thirty-two years before.
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A section of Alabama, taking its name from the chief defeated by De Soto in 1540.
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Meanwhile Hernando de Soto with twenty horse was sent as an ambassador to Atahualpa's camp.
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