Ponce de León landt in Florida (1513 CE)

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Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first European expeditions to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. He was born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain, in 1474. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the Spanish military from a young age.

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Appletons' Ponce de Leon JuanJacques Reich (based on an earlier work by another artist)Public domainWikimedia Commons

Juan Ponce de León [Material gráfico]Digital Library of Castilla y LeónCC0 Europeana

El M. Fr. Luis Ponce de Leon...National Library of PortugalPublic domain Europeana

Propiedades que D. Juan Ygnacio Ponce de León capitan de fragata de la Real Armada ha obserbado con la nombrada La Liebre de su comando [Material gráfico no proyectable]Collective Catalog of the Library Network of the State ArchivesPublic domain Europeana

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Juan Ponce de León · 1460 CE – 1521 CE

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