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In the 1520s, this future discoverer of the Mississippi River was one of the chief slave traders in Nicaragua |
Hernando de Soto
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$1,600 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
2014-07-18 |
#6885 |
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This Hernando's hideaway in the winter of 1539-40 was a village in northern Florida |
De Soto
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$400 |
J |
THE EXPLORER |
2013-03-08 |
#6560 |
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In 1536 Spain's King Charles I made this explorer governor of Cuba; he arrived near present-day Tampa Bay in 1539 |
Hernando de Soto
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$800 |
J |
EUROPEAN EXPLORERS |
2007-12-14 |
#5355 |
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He stumbled around the south in search of gold but did gain fame as the European discoverer of the Mississippi |
Hernando de Soto
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$2,000 |
DJ |
EXPLORATION |
2007-02-08 |
#5164 |
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After discovering the MIssissippi River on May 8, 1541, he took several weeks to build barges to cross it |
De Soto
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$800 |
DJ |
NEW WORLD EXPLORERS |
2005-10-31 |
#4861 |
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When he died of a fever in 1542, his body was sunk in the Mississippi, the river he discovered |
Hernando de Soto
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$1,000 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1994-06-06 |
#2261 |
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He died in 1542 near the junction of the Mississippi & Red Rivers after a 3-year quest for gold |
de Soto
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$1,000 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1992-05-01 |
#1780 |
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He left Cuba for Florida & went overland from there to discover the Mississippi River |
de Soto
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$400 |
J |
EXPLORERS |
1991-12-06 |
#1675 |
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He picked up a reported equivalent of $500,000 w/Pizarro in Peru before discovering the Mississippi |
Hernando de Soto
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$800 |
DJ |
EXPLORERS |
1988-01-12 |
#777 |