DeSoto sailed to the New World in 1514 with the first governor of Panama. Brave leadership, unwavering loyalty, and clever schemes for the extortion of native villages for their captured chiefs becme DeSoto's hallmark during the Conquest of Central America.
He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brtality with which he wielded these gifts.
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DeSoto sailed to the New World in 1514 with the first governor of Panama. Brave leadership, unwavering loyalty, and clever schemes for the extortion of native villages for their captured chiefs becme DeSoto's hallmark during the Conquest of Central America.
He gained fame as an excellent horseman, fighter, and tactician, but was notorious for the extreme brtality with which he wielded these gifts.