Hernando De Soto: An Invader Of Native Culture

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. What he was trying to achieve was a source of wealth/gold, and establish a settlement. While De Soto's journey of conquest was a failure, it was nevertheless historically significant. Hernando de Soto is famous for helping defeat the Inca empire in the New World and for leading the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River. Hernando de Soto is to be remembered as a “ great explorer” but, also seen as a “destroyer of native culture”.
To continue, In 1539 Hernando de Soto adventurers began on a journey that would take years. . He would travel through the southeast. He arrived Florida and in 1540 set off on a journey to find gold. For him collecting wealth was