Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de Leon, (born 1460, Santervásde Campos, Valladolid, Leon [Spain] - 1521, Cuba's Havana, Cuba), he established the first town of Puerto Rico arrived in Florida at a European settlement It is regarded as the first European who did (1513)

Ponce de Leon which was born in aristocracy was the page of Aragon Royal Palace and later joined the campaign against the Moorish people in Granada. As part of the second exploring of the new world by Christopher Columbus, he will begin his adventure in 1493. In 1502 he served as head of the Hispaniola Governor, the captain of Nicholas Owand in the West Indies. As a reward to suppress the Indian rebellion, Ponce de Leon was nominated by Owand as Governor of the East Eispaniola. Listening to the constant report of the money discovered in Puerto Rico from 1508 - 09, Ponce de León explored and settled on the island, establishing the colony's oldest village, Kapala near the present San Juan did. Then he returned to Hispaniola, was appointed Governor of Puerto Rico, but was quickly replaced from Governor's position through political maneuvers of his competitors.

The Spanish royal family encouraged Ponce de Leon to keep looking for new land. Traditionally, he learned from the Indians an island called Bimini (Bahamas) with a magical spring and a fountain to activate people who drink it (fountain of youth). The pursuit of this legendary website may influence Ponce de Leon's exploration, but modern scholarships indicate that this is not the main motivation.

In March 1513, he commanded a private equipment expedition from Puerto Rico and landed on the coast of Florida between the modern Saint Augustine and Melbourne Beach in April of that year. At that time, he was unaware that he was on the North American continent, but he realized he landed on the island. Because it was found in Easter (Spanish: Pascal, Florida), he named Florida because it is rich in lush plants. After finishing his search near Charlotte Harbor on the west coast of Florida, he sailed south and sailed at Florida Keys. Later he returned to Puerto Rico and returned to Spain where he won the title of the military governor of Bimini and Florida in 1514 to allow colonization in these areas.

In 1521, Ponce de Leon again landed near Charlotte Harbor with two ships and 200 crew members, headed to Florida. During this time he was hurt by arrows during Indian attack and died after returning to Cuba. The third largest city in Puerto Rico, Ponce was named after him.

Florida is visited by the continent of Europe and is the first region to be resolved in the mainland of the United States. Early European explorers came from the Spanish conquistor Juan Poncede Leon. Poncede León was discovered on April 2, 1513 and landed on the peninsula. He named this area Florida ("Flower Country"). His story looking for a fountain of the young man was wonderful and first appeared after his death. In May 1539, conquistador Hernando de Soto crossed the coast of Florida and found a deep harbor where he could land. He explained that he is making a landing difficult with a mile extending one mile and a deeply intertwined root height of over 21 feet (70 feet). The Spaniards introduced Florida to Christianity, cows, horses, sheep, and Castilian people. Spain established several villages in Florida with varying degrees of success.

The first confirmation of the landing to the continent of the United States took place in 1513 when Spain's Juan Poncede Leon landed on the dense coast of Florida. Within 30 years of landing to Ponce de Leon, the Spaniards became the first Europeans to reach the Appalachian Mountains, the Mississippi River, Grand Canyon, Great Plains. Spanish vessels sail along the east coast and cross the Bangor, Main and Pacific coasts of today, and operate to Oregon. In 1540, Hernando de Soto extensively studied the current United States in Georgia, Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. Louisiana explored; in the same year, Francisco Vásquezde Coronado led 2,000 Spaniards and Mexican Indians at today's Arizona and Mexican border. Coronado has walked to the central part of Kansas near the exact geographical center of the mainland of the United States. And he was the first European to see the canyon in Colorado.