Wazalwa: 1500
Wafa eneminyaka: 42
Kwaziwa njenge:UHernando de Soto
Uzalwe e:Iphondo laseBadajoz, eSpain
Idume njenge:Umhloli
Abahloli Amadoda aseSpain
Usapho:utata:UFrancisco Mendez de Soto
umama:ULeonor Arias Tinoco
Usweleke kwi: Ngomhla wama-21 ,1542
indawo yokufa:Desha County
Iinkcukacha ezithe kratyaImfundo:KwiYunivesithi yaseSalamanca
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
Alvar N. C. ukusuka ... UFrancisco Pizarro UVasco Nunez d ... UPedro de AlvaradoWayengubani uHernando de Soto?
UHernando de Soto wayengumhloli wamazwe waseSpain kunye no-conquistador owayethathe inxaxheba kukoyisa uMbindi Merika nePeru. Uzukisiwe ukuba wakhokela uhambo lokuqala lwase-Yuropu ukuya kummandla we-United States yanamhlanje, kwaye wafumanisa uMlambo iMississippi. Uzalelwe kusapho oluhlwempuzekileyo, waba nomdla wokuqala kuphononongo. Abazali bakhe babefuna ukuba abe ligqwetha kodwa u-de Soto wayesele ebeke ingqondo yakhe ekuhloleni ilizwe. Wayengumkhweli onamahashe kwaye nangona wayesemncinci wakhethwa nguPedro Arias Dávila ukuba ampheleke kuhambo lwakhe lokuya eWest Indies. Ekugqibeleni wabandakanyeka kurhwebo lwamakhoboka olwabonakala luphumelela kakhulu. Isidima sakhe njengomphandi onobuchule kunye nosomashishini osisilumko sasasazeka kwaye kungekudala wenziwa owesibini kuhambo kuhambo lukaPizarro lokuhlola kunye nokuloba iPeru. Wadlala indima enkulu ekoyisweni kwePeru kwaye waba sisityebi emva koloyiso. Impumelelo yakhe yaqhubekeka yandisa umdla wakhe wovavanyo kwaye wasuka waya kuhambo oluya eNyakatho Melika. Ukuhambela kwakhe eMntla Melika yayikukuzinza kwaye kwakukukhulu ukwenza, ukusukela ekuhloleni umzantsi-mpuma we-United States kwizinyithi ezixabisekileyo ukufuna indlela eya e-China. Nangona uhambo lwalungaphumelelanga ekufezekiseni eyona nto yayifuneka, yayineziphumo ezininzi eziphambili
Ityala lemifanekiso http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-140485/Hernando-De-Soto 
Ityala lemifanekiso http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/29100/29191/desoto_29191.htmKunyeQhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Kamva uBomi UHernando de Soto waba ngumkhweli wehashe onobuchule ngelixa wayesekwishumi elivisayo. UDavila, irhuluneli yaseDarién, wamema u-Soto ukuba amjoyine kuhambo lwakhe lwe-1514 oluya kwi-West Indies njengokapteni weqela labakhweli bamahashe. Wazibonakalisa njengomphandi olungileyo kunye nomrhwebi. Wazibandakanya kurhwebo lwamakhoboka ngelixa wayesePanama kwaye kungekudala wafumana imali encinci. Kule minyaka idlulileyo wenza ubudlelwane obuyimpumelelo noHernán Ponce de León noFrancisco Campañón kwaye wazimisa njengosomashishini ophumeleleyo ngo-1520. Ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1520, iingxelo zegolide ezazimi kumazantsi eDarién kunxweme lwePasifiki zazijikeleza. Ubolekise iinqanawa ezimbini ukuba ziphonononge uFrancisco Pizarro owayecwangcise ukuphanda ezo ngxelo. UPizarro yena wabiza u-Soto njenge-lieutenant yakhe enkulu kukhenketho. Ukoyiswa kwe-Peru, kukhokelwa ngu-Pizarro kunye no-Soto kwaqala ngo-1532. UHernando de Soto, ngobuchule bakhe njengomkhweli wehashe wadlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimpumelelo yase-Spain kwi-Incas eCajamarca. Babamba inkosi yeInca uAtahualpa owathi kamva wabulawa, baphanga iipropathi zeInca. UHernando de Soto ufumene isabelo esikhulu kwixhoba le-Inca kwaye wabuyela eSpain ngo-1536. Ekhaya wafumana intlonipho enkulu kunye nokudunyiswa ngenxa yempumelelo yakhe. Ngokutyebe ngokutyebileyo ngoku, ngewayekwazile ukuhlala kubomi obutofotofo, kodwa kungekudala wakhula engazinzanga ngokuzonwabisa ngakumbi. Ngeli xesha weva malunga nokuhlolwa kukaCabeza de Vaca eFlorida nakwamanye amazwe eGulf Coast, kwaye wakhuthazeka ukuba ahlole le mimandla ngokwakhe. Eyona njongo yakhe yayikukufuna ubutyebi awayekholelwa ukuba bufihlwe kula mazwe angafundiswanga. Waqala ukucwangcisa uhambo lwakhe oluya eNyakatho Melika kwaye wahlanganisa iinqanawa ezili-100 kwaye wakhetha amadoda angama-700 ahamba naye ukuba ahambe naye. Wahamba ngomkhombe ngo-Epreli ngo-1538. I-Enroute yaya eMntla Melika, uhambo lwayeka eCuba apho bancedisa ekwakheni ngokutsha isixeko saseHavana emva kokuba amaFrentshi asiphanga. Bemka eCuba benjenjeya ukusinga eFlorida ngoMeyi ka-1539. UDe Soto namadoda akhe bachitha iminyaka emithathu elandelayo behlola indawo apho bajongana nokuhlaselwa ngabantu balapho. Abasebenzi babuye baya eGeorgia naseAlabama, emva koko baya ngasentshona, befumanisa umlomo woMlambo iMississippi kwinkqubo. Olu hambo lungqineke luyingozi. Kwanasemva kweminyaka emithathu la madoda ayengekazukufumana ubutyebi ababebufuna. Ngapha koko, phantse isiqingatha samadoda kunye namahashe aliqela abulawa zizifo okanye kumlo wabantu. UHernando de Soto akazange aphile ade abone ukugqitywa kohambo. Uhambo olukhulu UHernando de Soto ukhunjulwa kakhulu ngokukhokela uhambo lokuqala lwaseYurophu olunzulu lwangaphakathi lwangaphakathi namhlanje eUnited States. Ngexesha lokuhlola kwakhe wafumanisa uMlambo iMississippi waza waba ngowokuqala waseYurophu ukuba awwele. Nangona engakhange alifezekise iphupha lakhe lokufumana igolide nesilivere ngale hambo, olu hambo ekugqibeleni lube neziphumo ezininzi ezifikelela kude. Ubomi boBuntu kunye neLifa Watshata no-Isabel de Bobadilla, intombi yomcebisi wakhe uPedro Arias Davila, ngo-1537. Wayeqale uhambo oluya eMntla Melika ngo-1538. Wagula xa wayehlala kwilali yaseGuachoya ngexesha lokuhlola kwakhe, wasweleka e Meyi 21, 1542. Kukholelwa ukuba umzimba wakhe wangcwatyelwa kuMlambo iMississippi. Iipaki ezininzi, iidolophu, iidolophu kunye namaziko abizwe ngegama likaHernando de Soto kubandakanya iDeSoto County (eFlorida), iDeSoto State Park (Alabama), iDeSoto Caverns (Alabama), kunye neDeSoto Falls (iLumpkin County, Georgia).
