Soto, Hernando de
Soto, Hernando de:
see De Soto, HernandoDe Soto, Hernando, c.1500–1542, Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedro Arias de Ávila in Central America and under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, the dashing young conquistador was made governor of Cuba by Emperor Charles V, with the right to conquer Florida
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