Question

A Spanish explorer and conquistador of North and South America. He is the first explorer to document his discovery of the Mississippi River on his search for a route to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean for trade to the East.

Answer 1

Hernado De Soto

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Answer 2

Hernando de Soto's discovery of the Mississippi River at a point below Natchez on May 8, 1541. De Soto (1500–1542) was the first European to document the river.

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