1. Hernando De Soto By: Zuri Howard

2. Introduction A. Years explored was 1500-1542 ? B. De Soto was born c. 1496/1497 in Extremadura Spain C. The country that funded De Soto was Spain Francisco Pizarro D. The ruler that sent De Soto was Charles V E. De Soto’s goal of exploration was to find gold, sliver, and a passages to China

3. Exploration A. De Soto went to unnamed chiefdom, Arkansas, Quilgate Kansas, Panama, Peru, China and ect. B. The Acuera Tribe was the first natives to live in Florida. The first person to find the Acueras was Hernando De Soto C. De Soto didn’t find a rout to china but he did find a rout to Florida, it took him a long time to find it

5. Conclusion and Reflection A.I learned that life was not easy in the olden days like in the 15-16 century, and also they didn’t know about other countries B.I found interesting about my explorer is that he went to a lot of places C.De Soto been honored by naming a bridge after him the Hernando De Soto also know as The Memphis Bridge, Mississippi Bridge and The New Bridge

6. FUN FACTS De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River in arkansas or louisiana. De Soto sailed to the new world in 1514 with the first governor of Panama