In 1509 he became Puerto Rico's first governor; 4 years later he sailed for Florida
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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 ... Historians are divided on what he did during the next several years, but it is possible that he...
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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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Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer | Britannica.com  Feb 2, 2016 ... He then returned to Hispaniola and was named governor of Puerto Rico but was ... He led a privately outfitted expedition from Puerto Rico in March 1513 and in ... In 1521 Ponce de Len sailed again for Florida, with two ships and 200 men, ... in Hernn Corts, marqus del Valle de Oaxaca: Later years.
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Juan Ponce de Len Facts & Biography | Famous Explorers  He was the very first European to discover and explore Florida. He established the first European community in Puerto Rico. Ponce de Leon's name is forever...
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Juan Ponce de Len - Explorer - Biography.com  Jul 28, 2015 ... After sailing on Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the New ... He gave Florida its name and went on to become the first governor of Puerto Rico. ... He eventually became a soldier and fought against the the Moors in Granada. ... Upon returning to Puerto Rico later that year, Ponce de Len found the...
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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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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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History of Florida - Wikipedia  The history of Florida can be traced back to when the first Native Americans began to inhabit ... The state was the first mainland realm of the United States to be settled by Europeans. Thus, 1513 marked the beginning of the American Frontier. .... the Spanish Easter feast, Pascua Florida, on April 7 and named the land La...
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Spanish Florida - Wikipedia  Spanish Florida refers to the Spanish territory of La Florida, which was the first major European ... Spain's claim to this vast area was based on several wide-ranging ... Spanish Florida was established in 1513, when Juan Ponce de Len claimed ... as several explorers (most notably Pnfilo Narvez and Hernando de Soto)...
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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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Key West - Florida Keys History Museum  Key West, like the other Florida Keys, began as a coral forest under the sea ... The Spanish normally used "isla" for island and "islet" for small island. ... 2, 1743 -1744. ... The Europeans were tourists for its first 300 odd years of historic existence. .... and later was provisional governor of Florida at the close of the Civil War.
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Christopher Columbus - 4nd Voyage  Christopher Columbus made a fourth voyage, nominally in search of the ... 1502, and requested that he be allowed to enter the harbor to shelter from ... Columbus sheltered his own ships in a nearby estuary, and all four ships ... On August 14, he landed on the American mainland at Puerto Castilla, near Trujillo, Honduras.
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Juan Ponce de Len - Explorer - Biography.com  Jul 28, 2015 ... He gave Florida its name and went on to become the first governor of Puerto Rico. ... in hopes of finding yet more gold and expanding the Spanish empire. Around this time, Ponce de Len learned of a Caribbean island called Bimini, on which it ... Though the pursuit of a fountain of youth is often cited as the...
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Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia  He continued to the Greater Antilles, and landed on the island of San Juan Bautista, present day Puerto Rico, on November 19, 1493. His men rescued two boys...
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The Myth of Ponce de Len and the Fountain of Youth - History in ...  Apr 2, 2013 ... On April 2, 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Len and his crew became ... Spanish sources asserted that the Taino Indians of the Caribbean also ... In 1508 he received royal permission to colonize San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico). He became the island's first governor a year later, but was soon...
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Printer Friendly Version--Florida Shipwrecks: 300 Years of Maritime ...  When the Spanish first explored and later colonized Cuba and the Florida .... Juan Ponce de Leon in the vicinity of present-day St. Augustine in 1513. Ponce de Leon named the land La Florida and attempted to circumnavigate what he thought was .... One of the patrol ships was the USS Alligator lost near Islamorada while...
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Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer | Britannica.com  Feb 2, 2016 ... Spanish explorer who founded the first European settlement on ... Mars Claims Another Earth Robot ... In 1521 Ponce de Len sailed again for Florida, with two ships and ... by an arrow during an Indian attack, and he died after being returned to ... Juan Ponce de Len - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11).
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Juan Ponce de Len - Explorer - Biography.com  Jul 28, 2015 ... Born in Spain in 1460, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Len ... its name and went on to become the first governor of Puerto Rico. ... Around this time, Ponce de Len learned of a Caribbean island .... Hernando de Soto.
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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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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 during his first voyage to the area in 1513. .... Ponce de Len searched inland until he found a suitable site about two...
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1502 - NCCA Home  He was five months into his fourth and final voyage, which started in 1502 and ... on the fact that it was exactly ten years since his first landing in this new world? .... now do--but unhappily only on this side of the isthmus he knew he could not cross. ... In a day's sailing they reached the edge of the Veragua area, where gold...