On Feb. 20, 1521 he set sail from Puerto Rico with 200 men; days later, he landed near Charlotte Harbor, Florida
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Juan Ponce de Len - Exploration - HISTORY.com  Born into Spanish nobility, Juan Ponce de Len (1460-1521) may have accompanied ... A decade later, he was serving as governor of the eastern province of ... as well as more lands and gold, he set sail from Puerto Rico in March 1513. ... They landed on the southwest coast of Florida, near what is now Charlotte Harbor,...
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Life of Juan Ponce de Leon - History of St. Augustine by Gil Wilson  Removed as Governor of Puerto Rico  extreme cruelty to Indians the courts for ... Sets sail from Puerto Rico ... Discovers the Gulf Stream, later the Yucatan Peninsula ... Feb 20, 1521, Sets out to colonize Florida. July, 1521, Dies on Return from Florida after ... He went to the New World on the 2nd voyage of Columbus. Later...
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On Stranger Tides Tidbit #22 ~ Ponce de Leon and The Fountain of ...  Mar 16, 2011 ... Ovando must have been impressed with Ponce de Lenhe .... with at least 200 men at his own expense and set out from Puerto Rico on March 4, 1513. ... After remaining in the vicinity of their first landing for about five days, the .... of Florida, in the vicinity of Caloosahatchee River or Charlotte Harbor.
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Welcome Englewood Visitors... - 500 Years of Florida  (1474-1521) ... This expedition set sail on September 25, 1493 with a fleet of 17 ships. ... Juan Bautista or St. John the Baptist, which is now present day Puerto Rico. ... While in Higuey he founded the towns of Salvaleon, La Navidad and later .... Most landings by Ponce de Leon's fleet, except the Charlotte Harbor landing,...
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Juan Ponce de Len - Wikipedia  Juan Ponce de Len was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish crown. He led the first known European expedition to La Florida, which he named ... Ponce de Len returned to southwest Florida in 1521 to lead the first large-scale attempt to...
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Ponce de Leon discovers Florida - Apr 02, 1513 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Ponce de Leon discovers Florida on Apr 02, 1513. ... The Spanish explorer was searching for the Fountain of Youth, a fabled water ... the peninsula he believed to be an island La Florida because his discovery came...
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Full text of "The early history of Cuba : 1492-1586, written from ...  Cuba, because she remained long under Spanish domination, is fully, I was about to .... He bent his course southwestward and on October 28, 1492, having lain off ... he landed on Cuba which he christened Juana for the prince, Don Juan, son of ... The honor of his first debarkation has been claimed for every considerable...
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On Stranger Tides Tidbit #22 ~ Ponce de Leon and The Fountain of ...  Mar 16, 2011 ... In 1508, Ferdinand II of Aragon gave permission to Ponce de Len for ... He would be governor for life of any lands he discovered but he was ... In addition, the contract gave specific instructions for the distribution ... After leaving Puerto Rico, they sailed northwest along the great ..... I had to look this one up:
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Ponce de Leon discovers Florida - Apr 02, 1513 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, Ponce de Leon discovers Florida on Apr 02, 1513. ... Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon comes ... However, hostile Native Americans attacked his expedition soon after landing, ... to Cuba, where Ponce de Leon died from a mortal wound suffered during the battle.
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Charlesfort-Santa Elena--American Latino Heritage: A Discover Our ...  Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History ... However, Spain failed to establish a permanent settlement in Florida until Menndez's expedition. ... founded Charlesfort on the island in 1562 and claimed the land for France. ... Little was known about the Spanish at Parris Island when the USMC arrived...
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1559- Florida Hurricane Ruins Spanish Settlement - Hurricanes ...  On August 15, 1559, he landed near present day Pensacola, establishing the first European settlement in the continental United States. Just weeks later, on the...
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Juan Ponce de Leon facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  He was named deputy governor of Hispaniola by Governor Nicolas de Ovando after ... Four years later he crossed over and conquered the island. ... In March 1513 Ponce de Len sailed from Puerto Rico and a month later anchored ... He had discovered the Bahama Channel, which later became the route of the treasure...
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About Us - Sail San Juan Bay  Sail San Juan Puerto Rico famous bay. ... San Cristobal Castle and El Morro ... While El Morro guarded the bay, San Cristbal watched over the land east of Old San Juan. ... It was built between 1533 and 1540 to defend the harbor of San Juan. ... city which included the Fort San Felipe del Morro and the Fort San Cristbal.
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Juan Ponce de Len - Wikipedia  Juan Ponce de Len was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Spanish ... Though in popular culture, he was supposedly searching for the Fountain of ..... Ponce de Len reached Puerto Rico on October 19 after having been away for almost eight months.
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Mayflower departs England - Sep 16, 1620 - HISTORY.com  The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 ... on November 21 the Pilgrims reached Massachusetts, where they founded the first ... After a 66-day voyage, the ship landed on November 21 on the tip of Cape ... In mid-December, the explorers went ashore at a location across Cape Cod...
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Juan Ponce de Len - Exploration - HISTORY.com  Find out more about the history of Juan Ponce de Len, including videos, interesting ... Explorers have sought the elusive Fountain of Youth for centuries. ... Ponce de Len led an expedition to the coast of what is now Florida in 1513. Thinking it was the island he sought, he sailed back to colonize the region in 1521, but was...
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Year Event Notes 17,000 to 15,000 BCE(approx.) Formation of Cape ...  promontorio," which must have been Cape Cod and which he named Cap ... of a portion of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe in 1520 - actually Gomes ... after King James I of England, Cape Cod Harbor (Provincetown Harbor) as Milford ... At last, land was sighted - Cape Cod as the Mayflower's captain knew it to be...
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Spanish Conquest 1492-1580 - Literary Works of Sanderson Beck  On the second voyage Columbus explored the leeward islands (Antilles), .... Governor Ovando arrived in Espaola in 1502 with 2,500 men on thirty ships. .... him in Spain, Balboa took 190 men and a thousand natives with guides to cross the ... On September 25, 1513 Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
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Ponce de Len : Florida's First Spanish Explorer  Juan Ponce de Len was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida. ... In 1506, Ponce de Len discovered a nearby island named Borinquen. ... turtles. He named the island Dry Tortugas because there was no fresh water on the island and...
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Free Flashcards about CENTRAL AMERICA-J - StudyStack  WITH ABOUT 180 MEN & 3 SHIPS, HE SET OUT FOR PERU FROM CENTRAL AMERICA IN JANUARY, 1531, PIZARRO. THE BRYAN-CHAMORRO TREATY...
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The Fourth New World Voyage of Christopher Columbus  He convinced some investors and set off one last time in 1502. ... Columbus did explore parts of southern Central America, but his ships, damaged by a ... Eventually, they reached Central America, anchoring off the coast of Honduras on an island that many ... What You Don't Know About That 'Can You Hear Me Now?' Guy...