Bibliograph

Hernando de Soto, Robert Z. Cohen

Type

Label

Hernando de Soto, Robert Z. Cohen

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hernando de Soto

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Robert Z. Cohen

Series statement

Spotlight on explorers and colonization

Summary

In the 1500s, Hernando de Soto traveled throughout Central America and Peru, as well as the southeastern areas of the United States, in search of treasures and land for Spain. Although he may have had Spain's best interests at heart, de Soto and his expedition left a deadly trail of disease in their wake. De Soto would never find the rumored riches he sought. But he did discover the Mississippi River. Labeled the brashest of all conquistadors by the time he was only thirty-six years old, readers will relish the adventures of the Spanish-born explorer on his quests

Target audience

adult

Classification