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This is all my sources cited in a bibliography.

Crellin, Brendan. “Contact with Native Americans.” Georgia Historical Society, georgiahistory.com/education-outreach/online-exhibits/featured-historical-figures/hernando-de-soto/contact-with-native-americans/.
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De Soto. "An Original Letter.", www2.latech.edu/~bmagee/louisiana_anthology/texts/de_soto/de_soto--letter.html.
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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. “Hernando De Soto.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 17 May 2018, www.britannica.com/biography/Hernando-de-Soto.
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“De Soto Reaches the Mississippi.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/de-soto-reaches-the-mississippi.
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“Hernando De Soto.” All About Explorers, 18 Mar. 2017, www.allaboutexplorers.com/explorers/desoto/.

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I found most of my information on britannica. Their site was very useful to me. That's their link.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hernando-de-Soto

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He wanted to explore to find goods. For example he was mainly looking for gold. Gold motivated him to keep looking. He also found a lot of kinds of pearls while searching for gold. Glory motivated him because When he came back to Spain, with the pearls and gold he got made him one of the richest out of all the returning conquistadors.
He was motivated by God because of his religion. He is a Roman Catholic.

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Gold Positive and Negative:

Positive- While he was searching for gold he ended up finding pearls.
Negative- While he kept searching for gold he ended up getting attacked by native Indians in Florida.
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Glory Positive and Negative:
Positive: It gave him good image because he was wealthy.
Negative: It could bring him negativity because he brought back more to Spain than other returning conquistadors.
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God Positive and Negative:
Positive: It makes him want to keep trying if things aren't going well, he will believe there is hope and god is there for him.
Negative: If he is restless and he is not motivated anymore he might doubt god, and be upset with himself.

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When they first arrived they spent their whole winter at a Indian village of apalache, then Hernando moved through many places while he was being led by native guides.
Effects natives had during their journey was at a Indian town of mauvila, some Indians attacked Spaniards in October 1540, the Spanish was very hurt and they lost a lot of their valuables. Than Hernandos whole group got attacked again on May 21, 1541 by Indians. Than Hernando died from a fever in Louisiana. The natives were not treated well by Hernando. Hernando had natives as his slaves. Some villages of Native Americans were ready for Hernando to show so they could fight him. The way of how him and his group treated the natives their punishment was getting attacked by them

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Hernando caused cultural blending because of him trading native slaves.
He had a conquest to get gold and he won. He got his gold he wanted and he got pearls too.
Examples of cultural blending is slaves, gold, pearls, getting attacked by natives. It impacted the Indian natives because he was taking them as slaves, and they were being harmed by his group.

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He did not help claim any land. He was traveling for goods to make him wealthy. He was mainly exploring for gold.
I think countries colonize to get goods and trade or even labor. People most likely move to get better opportunities to be wealthy, to get goods that will help them in the long run. Native population may get diseases from the people coming, or they are used for slaves.

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One primary source was a letter he wrote and it proves he stayed in a village during the winter.
The second primary source is a compass because it helped guide him and his group on the ocean