De Soto : Hernando de Soto explores the Southeast /
by Ann Heinrichs.
- Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2002.
- 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
- Exploring the world .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.
Growing up with a dream -- Off to the new world -- The conquest of Peru -- An empire of his own -- The last adventure.
Describes the life and achievements of the sixteenth-century Spaniard who explored Florida and other southern states, and became the first white man to cross the Mississippi River.