Not really... I'm sure he did in the begining, but after he treated them badly thangs went bad. Eventually he and the 200 setelers with him were ambushed by the calusa tribe as they ambushed him whail he was begining a farming settlment in flordia.
he beat them
He was exploring NW Florida, when he died in 1521 from a poisoned arrow from the natives .
he was the first person to set foot in Florida and he went to san henman and hispaniola. Tomato1234: Not true! the natives were there first!
Juan Ponce de Leon was the first Spaniard to reach Florida in 1513.
Juan García Ponce was born in 1932.
Juan García Ponce died in 2003.
Juan Bernal Ponce was born in 1938.
Juan Bernal Ponce died in 2006.
He never made it back he was wounded by a group of Native Americans.
Juan Ponce de León's father's name was Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa.
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