The same thing De Soto was after, Pres. Tom Jefferson was in 1804...........look at the year of De Soto.............China...........tea, spices,,,,,,,,,,opium..........



A vast undertaking, de Soto's North American expedition ranged throughout the southeastern United States searching for gold, silver and a passage to China. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River in what is now Guachoya, Arkansas or Ferriday, Louisiana.