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Hernando de soto. He discovered the Mississippi River in 1541 and crossed it in order to explore Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Even though he had made great progress in exploring previously unknown areas, he was unsuccessful in finding any gold or treasure. his name is wrong its DeSoto not de -soto i know because its my family
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One of the many who went on a vain search for El Dorado was a Spaniard, Hernando de Soto. He set off with a few mounted companions from Florida in 1539 on a journey that was to last for three years. De Soto and his party pushed their way through unexplored territory and in 1541 came to the banks of a huge river, the longest in the world, which the Indians called the 'Mississippi'. A year later De Sotoa died, wounded in a skirmish with Indians on the banks of the river he had discovered.

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On May 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, which he called Río del Espíritu Santo ("River of the Holy Spirit")

French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette, began exploring the Mississippi in the 17th century.

In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle and Henri de Tonti claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France.

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On May 8, 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto became the first recorded European to reach the Mississippi River, which he called R

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Henry Schoolcraft identified Lake Itasca as the river's source in 1832

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Please rephrase - the question is unclear.

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