what were Juan Ponce de Leon's accomplishments??

Question

1. where was ponce de leon governor of?
2. what islands did he establish & made a Spanish colony??
3. when did he set out for new exploration?
4. what year did he set foot on florida, what time of year was it. why was it named florida?
5. where did he land? what did he find there? how long did he stay? what parts of florida did he sail to?

Answer 1

Ponce de León, the son of a respected noble family, was born in the Spanish province of Campos at San Servos. As a youth, he served as a page in the court at Aragon and later fought against the Moors at Granada. In 1493, he accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the New World. Ponce subdued the rebellious native population of eastern Hispaniola (today's Dominican Republic). For this service to Spain, he was named governor in 1502.
In 1508-09, Ponce conquered and explored Borinquén (Puerto Rico) in response to rumors of gold on the island. For the next two years, he remained as governor, vastly enriching himself through gold and slaves. He was forced out in 1512 by political opponents.

During his stay in Puerto Rico, Ponce heard reports of a miraculous fountain with restorative waters at a location called Bimini. The Crown authorized him to seek additional lands.

A privately financed venture party set out from Puerto Rico in March 1513 in search of Bimini. They arrived at a site north of present-day St. Augustine on April 2. Ponce named the land Florida in honor of the recently celebrated Easter holy day (Pascua florida or Pascua de flores, meaning Easter in Spanish). Still believing that he had discovered an island, Ponce attempted to circumnavigate it, sailing as far south as Key West and then north to the vicinity of what would become Tampa. It is believed that the natives' hostility dissuaded the group from attempting a permanent settlement. Ponce returned to Puerto Rico in the fall of 1513 and later departed for Spain, where he was named the governor of Bimini and the "island" of Florida.

When Ponce returned to the New World in 1515, he served as a soldier for several years in attempts to suppress native rebellions. In 1521, he led an endeavor to colonize the west coast of Florida. Taking two ships with 50 horses and 200 men, the group landed at an unknown location and met immediate resistance from the natives. Ponce was wounded by an arrow and he, along with his entire force, withdrew to Havana where he died.

Ponce de León is regarded as the Western discoverer of Florida. He was typical of the conquistadores of his age, believing that the spread of Christianity was such a great gift to the natives that their losses of freedom and life were of little consequence.

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Answer 2

Juan Ponce De Leon Accomplishments

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Ponce De Leon Accomplishments

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what were Juan Ponce de Leon's accomplishments??
1. where was ponce de leon governor of?
2. what islands did he establish & made a Spanish colony??
3. when did he set out for new exploration?
4. what year did he set foot on florida, what time of year was it. why was it named florida?
5. where did he land? what did he find there? how long did...

Answer 5

Here let me write the report for you:

1. Puerto Rico, I think and Province of Highuey
2. Grand Turks and Caicos
3. March 27, 1513
4. and 5. On April 2 he landed on the east coast of the newly "discovered" land at a point which is disputed, but was somewhere on the northeast coast of the present State of Florida. Ponce de León claimed "La Florida" for Spain. He named the land La Florida, meaning flowery, either because of the vegetation in bloom he saw there, or because he landed there during Pascua Florida, Spanish for Flowery Passover, meaning the Easter season

Answer 6

governor of Dominican Republic
colony on Puerto Rico in 1508
1503
Again in 1513 he landed in Florida
The Spanish phrase pascua florida means Easter, or season of flowers.

Answer 7

jaun ponce de leon s accomplishments was that there was lots of cold weather his crew was down on food and indian s attacked them. when ponce was in battle with the indians, he got shot with an poisonous arrow and died

Answer 8

He conquered and settled the island of Puerto Rico, discovered Florida, and searched for the Fountain of Youth. You really should research some of this yourself, you know...

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