Juan Ponce de León
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Juan Ponce de León
- Juan Ponce de León was born in San Servas in 1460.
- He was a Spanish explorer and conqueror.
Family
- Juan Ponce de León's family was very poor.
- He received an education in fighting skills,manners,and religion while
- serving a knight named Pedto Nunez de Guzman.
Juan's Early Life
- Juan heard stories about Christopher Columbus's discovery of new world.
- He volunteered to go along on a return trip between (c1451-1506).
FIRST EXPEDITION
- He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by
- appointment of the Spanish crown.Juan Ponce de León led the first
- European expedition to Florida,which Juan named.
Results of expedition
- In 1513 Ponce de León led a private expedition
- to Bimini from Puerto Rico.After he went to Puerto Rico
- he left for Spain,where was named military governor of Bimini and Florida,and
- secured permission to colonize those religions.
JUAN PONCE de LEÓNS DEATH
- Juan Ponce de León died in 1521 due to an
- arrow from an Indian attack.
