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Hernando de Soto (c.1496/1497–1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River.
A vast undertaking, de Soto's North American expedition ranged throughout the southeastern United States searching for gold, silver and a passage to China. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River in Arkansas or Louisiana.
Hernando de Soto in Time Spike[]
In 1541, Hernando de Soto, along with much of his expedition, was caught in the event known as the "Time Spike" and taken back to the early Cretaceous period. DeSoto apparently could not accept that the strange creatures he encountered were not demons of some sort, and met his end when he attempted to charge an allosaur.