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Hernando De Soto c.1500-1542 Spanish explorer. After serving under Pedrarias in Central America and under Francisco Pizarro in Peru the dashing young conquistador was made governor of Cuba by Emperor Charles V with the right to conquer Florida (meaning the North American mainland).

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