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De Soto National Memorial, 5 miles ( 8 km ) west of Bradenton, Florida, commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States.
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Some, like Hernando De Soto, argue that much of the poverty in the Third World countries is caused by the lack of Western systems of laws and well-defined and universally recognized property rights.
De Soto argues that because of the legal barriers poor people in those countries can not utilize their assets to produce more wealth.
De Soto, convinced of the " riches ", wanted Cabeza de Vaca to go on the expedition, but de Vaca declined his offer because of a payment dispute.
De Soto and his team argue that excessive regulation in the Peruvian ( and other Latin American ) economies force a large part of the economy into informality and thus prevent economic development.
Named for Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, whose name has also been honored in De Soto County, Hernando County was briefly renamed Benton County in 1844 for Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton, a strong supporter of territorial expansion who aided in the county's creation.
The southern mouth of the Manatee River is the likely landing site for the De Soto Expedition and is the location of the U. S. National Park Service's DeSoto National Memorial.
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* Between Kuinre and Steenwijk lies the National Park " De Weerribben ", a very valuable wetland area with bogs, swamps, small canals and meadows.
* A small part of the wetland area and National Park " De Wieden " ( see Steenwijkerland ) lies here, immediately north of Zwartsluis
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