montgomery alabama Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/montgomery-alabama Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 NOTABLE LATINOS ALABAMA http://travelsfinders.com/notable-latinos-alabama-2.html http://travelsfinders.com/notable-latinos-alabama-2.html#respond Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:49:48 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=203572 Soto, Hernando de (c. 1500-1542). Spaniard who led the first European expedition in the future Alabama. Born in Jerez de Badajoz, de Soto came to the New World around 1514, settling in Panama, and took part in the conquest of Nicaragua (1524). He played a major role in Francisco Pizarro’s campaign against the Inca Empire (1531-1533); but eager for an independent command, he secured appointment as governor of Florida (1537). During his trek through the future U.S. Southeast, he fell ill and died on May 21, 1542. His body, weighted with sand, was sunk in the Mississippi River. Luna y

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