Places

• Hernando Island
  Hernando Island
  Hernando Island is one of the Discovery Islands near Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. Along with the nearby Cortes Island, it was presumably named in 1792 by Valdés and Galiano after Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conqueror of Mexico....
  
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• Hernando, Florida
  Hernando, Florida
  Hernando is a city in Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 8,253 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Hernando is located at ....
  
  
• Hernando County, Florida
  Hernando County, Florida
  Hernando County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 130,802. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 165,409 . Its county seat is Brooksville, Florida. The majority of the county's population is in Spring Hill, west portion of Hernando...
  
  
• Hernando, Mississippi
  Hernando, Mississippi
  Hernando is a city in central DeSoto County, Mississippi. The population was 6,812 at the 2000 census. The 2006 census estimate reflects a population of 10,580. Hernando is the county seat of DeSoto County, the second-most-populous county in the Memphis metropolitan area. US Hwy 51 and the I-55...
  
  

• Hernando, Córdoba

People

• Hernando de Soto (explorer)
  Hernando de Soto (explorer)
  Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European documented to have crossed the Mississippi River....
  
  
• Hernando de Soto (economist)
  Hernando de Soto (economist)
  Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. He is the president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy , located in Lima, Peru.-Childhood and education:Hernando de Soto was born in 1941 in Arequipa,...
  
  
• Hernando Cortes, alternate spelling of Hernán Cortés
  Hernán Cortés
  Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...