Explorer: Hernando de Soto

1. Where and about when was de Soto born?
2. What do we know about his early life?
3. Where did de Soto live in the New World?
4. What was his role in the conquest of Peru?
5. Why did he become angry with Pizzaro?
6. When, where, and whom did de Soto marry?
7. In 1573 de Soto was given a task by King Charles of Spain. What was that task?
8. What two types of animals did de Soto and the others take along with them? Why?
9. Who was Juan Ortiz? How did de Soto find him?
10. For what was de Soto looking?
11. What present day U.S. states did de Soto travel through on his journey?
12. WHat happened with the Indian queen?
13. Who was Tuscaloosa? What happened with him?
14. What river did de Soto discover?
15. Was de Soto's expedition successful?
16. How, when, and where did de Soto die?
17. How was he buried? Why?

Resources available to you at the Lakewood Public Library include:

WWW LINKS:

Hernando de Soto's Conquest of America

Encarta - the online version of the popular encyclopedia allows you to search their archives. Type your explorer's name in the "Find" line of their page.

Biography - A&E's popular show has gone online! Type your explorer's name to search for their biography.

An excellent source of detailed information about explorers, maps, the times they lived in and their technology can be found on the Discoverer's Web

ELECTRONIC DATABASES:

Encarta and The World Book Encyclopedia are available on the reference network and at the multimedia station. Look for articles, maps and pictures of your explorer here.

Search Proquest, Magazine Article Summaries and EBSCO Masterfile 1000 for journal articles about your explorer.

BOOKS:

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