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What did Hernando de Soto discover in 1541?

A. the St. Lawrence River
B. the Mississippi River
C. the Appalachian Mountains
D. the Rocky Mountains

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On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.

so the answer is the Mississippi river
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