biography
| name: |
de Soto, Hernando or Fernando
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pronunciation:
[duh sohtoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1496–1542)
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| biography:
| Spanish explorer, born in Jerez de los Caballeros, SW Spain. In 1539 he entered Florida and crossed the Mississippi (1541), but died of a fever on its banks. |
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