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[[File:DeSoto.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hernando de Soto]]

[[File:DeSoto.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hernando de Soto]]

'''Hernando de Soto''' was a Spanish conquistador during the early-16th century.  An active participant in the conquest of the [[Inca]] Empire, he would gain greater fame - as well as infamy - in his vain search for a similar civilization in what is now the southeastern [[United States]].

'''Hernando de Soto''' was a Spanish [[conquistador]] during the early-16th century.  An active participant in the conquest of the [[Inca]] Empire, he would gain greater fame - as well as infamy - in his vain search for a similar civilization in what is now the southeastern [[United States]].

==Early life==

==Early life==