Hernando de soto brief biography
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Hernando de Soto
Spanish explorer and conquistador (c.1479–1542)
For the Peruvian economist, see Hernando de Soto (economist).
Hernando de Soto (;[2]Spanish:[eɾˈnandoðeˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas).[3][4] He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.[5]
De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged throughout what is now the southeastern United States, searching both for gold, which had been reported by various Native American tribes and earlier coastal explorers, and for a passage to China or the Pacific coast. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River;[6] sources disagree on the exact location, whether it was what is now Lake Village, Arkansas, or Ferriday, Louisiana.
Early life
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Hernando de Soto (economist)
Peruvian economist
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Soto and the second or maternal family name is Polar.
Hernando de Soto Polar (commonly known Hernando de Soto; born June 2, 1941) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights.[1][2] His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his publication The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path. He is the current president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), a think tank devoted to promoting economic development in developing countries located in Lima, Peru.[3]
In Peru, de Soto's advisory has been recognized as inspiring the economic guidelines—including the loosening of economic regulation, the introduction of austerity measures and the utilization of neoliberal policies—that were ultimately adopted by the government of Alberto Fujimori and established in the 1993 Constitution of Peru.[4][5][6][7] The policies prescribed by de Soto resulted with Peru becoming macro-economically stable following the period of price controls and increas