'''Hernando de Soto''' was a Spanish conquistador during the early-16th century. An active participent 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 participent 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]]. |