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| | Carolana Explorers - Hernando De Soto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Hernando De Soto was born at Villanueva de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain, 1496 or 1500; died on the banks of the Mississippi the latter part of June, 1542. |
 | | De Soto was born in the province of Extremadura in Spain. |
 | | To De Soto, however, it was no geographical phenomenon, inviting him to trace its course and solve the secret of its origin, but a sheet of water, "half a league over," impeding his progress, and his first care was to obtain boats to get to the other side. |
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