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Hernando de Soto

1500 - 1542

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Hernando de Soto (; Spanish: [eɾˈnando ðe ˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hernando de Soto has received more than 2,214,994 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Hernando de Soto is the 74th most popular explorer (down from 66th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Spain (down from 234th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer who is most famous for exploring the Mississippi River.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Hernando de Soto ranks 74 out of 498. Before him are John Davis, Xu Fu, Alonso de Ojeda, Willem Schouten, Jules Dumont d'Urville, and Richard Francis Burton. After him are William Dampier, Jeanne Baret, Ármin Vámbéry, Diego Columbus, Lope de Aguirre, and Willem Janszoon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Hernando de Soto ranks 10. Before him are Benvenuto Cellini, Gülfem Hatun, Fatma Sultan, Lala Mustafa Pasha, Wu Cheng'en, and Bartolomeo Eustachi. After him are John of Ávila, Al-Mutawakkil III, Federico II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Sinan Pasha, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. Among people deceased in 1542, Hernando de Soto ranks 6. Before him are Catherine Howard, Lisa del Giocondo, 2nd Dalai Lama, James V of Scotland, and Lapu-Lapu. After him are Dosso Dossi, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Sayyida al Hurra, Peter Henlein, Thomas Wyatt, and Malik Muhammad Jayasi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Hernando de Soto ranks 246 out of 3,355. Before him are Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1910), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), Eleanor of Castile (1241), Manuel Godoy (1767), Xavi (1980), and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567). After him are Xabi Alonso (1981), Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi (650), Felipe González (1942), María Isabella of Spain (1789), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), and Andrés Segovia (1893).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Hernando de Soto ranks 11. Before him are Juan Ponce de León (1460), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Diego de Almagro (1475), Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), and Alonso de Ojeda (1466). After him are Lope de Aguirre (1518), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Benjamin of Tudela (1130), and Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441).

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