Hernando de Soto

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">In Florida the great conquistador hoped to find a Golconda. Instead, he found a Golgotha. </span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Some men see the beginnings. The conquistador who first saw the Mississippi also took the Inca highway to fabulous Cuzco.</span> </span></p>

<p>Hernando de Soto marched across what is now eleven U.S. states, leaving a trail of destruction and disease.</p>