Juan Ponce De Leon

Background Information

• Born in Tirrea De Campos 1460
• Died in 1521 in an Indian attack in Havana Cuba

Early Life

• Juan was a solider fighting for campaigns for freedom
• He began his exploration career with Christopher Columbus
• He was part of a noble Family

Fun Facts

• He was one of the best Navigators of all explorers
• He wife was the queen In Puerto Rico, he was very Royal
• He was supposedly sailed with Columbus on his second voyage
• He Fought against a Spanish camp and repeatedly won over again

Sponsor and Motives

• Spain
• Spain wanted him to find new land and also tried to find gold 
• Spain also wanted him to expand the Spanish Empire
• And he found the Fountain of Youth
• He also wanted to find the Americas with Christopher Coulumbus

ROUTE

• He traveled the seas of west and east Flordia
• He went to Puerto Rico 
• Spain to Hispaniola to Bimini to Flordia

ACCOMPLISHMENT

• He was the first person to set foot in Florida
• He was an engineer that built churches hospitals and more
• He was a pointed governor of the eastern part the of country
• He was named governor of Florida and Bimini

IMPACTS ON THE WORLD

• A lot of natives died from diseases
• Natives fought with Ponce during a battle in Cuba
• Because of his incredible savings alot of people live in Florida today

WORKS CITED

• Www.biography.com
• Www.sweets search
• World book encylopedia
• The Hustichion data base