True History - Veritas Card #4 (Red Card) - Corte´s, de Soto, de Leon, and Coronado: The Spanish Explorers

Corte´s, de Soto, de Leon, and Coronado: The Spanish Explorers - 1513 - 1538

   For a brief description on Ponce de Leon, read my blog from yesterday at: Ponce de Leon. It is interesting to note that yesterday, in the year of 1513, Ponce de Leon arrived on the coast of Florida while searching for the 'Fountain of Youth'. He must have heard a story about a fountain that could be found in Florida, that would bring about eternal youth. He never did find his 'Fountain of Youth' though. But he did name the state of Florida 'la Florida' because of the many flowers that he saw.
   The time period for the Spanish explorers is often known as the 'Spanish Conquest'. Spain had now taken over both Central and South America.
   Hernando Cortez conquered the great Aztec Empire in Central America. Cortez was able to see Montezuma killed and the Empire destroyed. He continued on his journeying though Honduras and Baja, California.
   Hernando de Soto discovered the Mississippi River in North America. When he died, his body was placed in the Mississippi River.
  The first Spanish explorer to see the Grand Canyon was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. As he was searching for gold, he explored the southwest part of the United States.