Juan ponce de león was the first spanish explorer to arrive in florida.
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Pictures. Juan ponce de león was born to a noble family in spain in 1474 and in his teens fought against the moors in granada. In 1493 he sailed as a volunteer on christopher columbus' second voyage to the new world, which took him to the island columbus named hispaniola.
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In 1493, ponce de león sailed with christopher columbus on columbus' second voyage to the americas. It was the seventeenth episode to complete production and the 21st to air. They reached florida in april, naming the new land 'pascua de florida, which means feast of flowers.
Wildlife abounds along this walk.
Ponce de león spent most of the early 1500s in hispaniola, establishing farms, distributing land rights, helping construct buildings to aid in defense, and working to set up an island economy (system of production, distribution, and use of goods and services). Ponce de león's florida trips are probably better remembered because of the legend that he was seeking the fountain of youth. The population was 598 at the 2010 census, up from 457 at the 2000 census. Which area of america did ponce de leon explore?
