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Ponce De Leon did not discover Puerto Rico. It was Christopher Columbus who landed on the North Coast of the island during his second trip to the new world in 1493. Ponce De Leon was on one of the many ships that came with this second expedition. Fifthteen years later Ponce De Leon lead an expedition to the island and founded the first town calling it Caparra.
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∙ 13y agoHe became the Governor of Puerto Rico in 1509.
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∙ 8y agoPonce de Leon did not "find" Puerto Rico. He was an officer under Columbus when Columbus visited that island for the first time. Later, Ponce de Leon was the Spanish governor of Puerto Rico.
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