Native Americans lived there and used it for their physical ailments 8,000 years before Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovered it.
What did corte`sdo before he became an explorer
About 1721 years past between the rise of civilization of Mesoamerica and the Spanish destruction of the Aztec empire. Shortly before the Spanish destruction, Moctezuma I became ruler of the Aztecs. Hernando Cortes was one of the Spanish conquistadors that defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521.
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No. His lifetime was well before the mechanical age.
Like all explorers of his time he was looking for a water route to Asia. The fountain of youth story is just that, a story . It can be traced back to India a thousand years before the Spanish began to explore.
Zebulon Pike was captured by Spanish soldiers when he attempted to explore Spanish territory in present-day Colorado in 1807. He and his men were taken as prisoners and held for several months before being released.
The Spanish were the first Europeans to land in America, with Christopher Columbus arriving in 1492. The British began establishing colonies later, with the first successful settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, occurring in 1607. Thus, the Spanish were the first to explore and claim parts of the Americas before the British arrived.
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.
The first Europeans to come to the mainland of the United States were likely the Vikings about 1000 AD. However, Hernando De Soto was the first Spanish explorer to explore part of what became the United States in 1516.
Yes, Cortes was educated as a lawyer, owned a farm and worked as soldier before going on his voyages.