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Which conquistador became the first European to cross the Mississippi River?
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Which conquistador explored areas along the sourthern half of the Mississippi river?
De Soto
Which conquistador explored areas along the southern half of the Mississippi river?
Hernando de soto explored the areas along the southern half of the Mississippi River.
What place did Hernando de Soto explore?
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He led the first European expedition deep into what is now the United States and crossed the Mississippi River.
What was the river that became western boundary of the US as a result of the American revolutionary war?
the Mississippi River
What did de Soto do?
Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi river. :)
Discovered Mississippi River?
Hernando De Soto was the first European to discover the Mississippi River. He discovered this river in the year 1541.
Which European country claimed most of the Mississippi River region in the Early 1700s?
which european contry claimed most of the mississippi river region in the early 1700's
Who was the very first explorer at the Mississippi River?
The first European explorer to visit the Mississippi River was Hernando de Soto. He was exploring for Spain in 1541 when his crew became the first Europeans to have a written account of the Mississippi River. However, he died of an illness about a year later during the same expedition.
Who is Hernando de soto and what did he do?
Hernando de Soto was a conquistador in the early 1500s. He is noted for being the first to explore the Mississippi river.
Who was spanish and European explorer to discover the Mississippi river?
NEVER
Did DE Soto find the Mississippi river?
he started his expedition in 1539 and later after he was the first European to see the Mississippi river.
How did the Mississippi river gets its name?
The name Mississippi comes from the French "Messipi" - the French rendering of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Algonquin) name for the river, "Misi-ziibi," meaning "Great River." Hernando De Soto, the Spanish Conquistador and explorer named the Mississippi River Rio de Espiritu Santo ("River of the Holy Spirit") after finding it. It was later named the Mississippi.
