Seton Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Austin, TX. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 4 adult specialties.
Hernando de Soto. Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River. Explorer (c. 1500â1542)
Born: c. 1496. Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain. Died: May 21, 1542. Ferriday (now in Louisiana in the United States) Spanish explorer. The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto participated in the conquests of Nicaragua (in Middle America) and Peru (in South America). De Soto explored parts of nine states in the southeastern part of the United States, and he was the first white man to cross the Mississippi River.