Hernando De Soto: First European to Cross the Mississippi

Cohen, Robert

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Rosen Publishing Group

Just the Series: Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization

Series and Publisher: Spotlight on Explorers and Colonization

Annotation: Looks at the life and exploits of Hernando de Soto, whose explorations in the New World eventually led to the discovery of the Mississippi River, but whose expedition left a deadly trail of disease in its wake.

Genre: [Biographies]

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Catalog Number: #133012

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Inventory Sale

Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 01/01/17

Pages: 48 p.

ISBN: Publisher: 1-508-17210-2 Perma-Bound: 0-605-96128-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-508-17210-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-96128-9

Dewey: 921

LCCN: 2016018199

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Subject Heading:
Explorers. America. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Explorers. Spain. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America. First contact with Europeans. Southern States. Juvenile literature.
Explorers. America.
Explorers. Spain.
Indians of North America. First contact with Europeans. Southern States.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reading Level: 6.0

Interest Level: 5-9

In the 1500s, Hernando de Soto traveled throughout Central America and Peru, as well as the southeastern areas of the United States, in search of treasures and land for Spain. Although he may have had Spain's best interests at heart, de Soto and his expedition left a deadly trail of disease in their wake. De Soto would never find the rumored riches he sought. But he did discover the Mississippi River. Labeled the most brash of all conquistadors by the time he was only thirty-six years old, readers will relish the adventures of the Spanish-born explorer on his quests.

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