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Painting of Spanish conqueror and explorer Hernando DeSoto, riding a white horse, and his troops approaching the Mississippi River as Native Americans in front of their tepees watch, and a chief holds out a peace pipe.

Hernando de Soto

Source: Biography, A&E Television Networks

Learn about Hernando de Soto, a Spanish explorer credited with discovering the Mississippi River and a subject in Joy Harjo’s poem titled “New Orleans.”

This entry was posted in Coming to America and tagged Historic Figures, History on March 6, 2013 by admin.

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