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  • His discovery of the Gulf Stream would become a very important oceanic current for the Spanish trips from Europe to America.
  • Ponce, Puerto Rico's third largest city, was named after him.
  • He was buried in Puerto Rico, with the words on his gravestone, "Here rest the bones of a valiant LION, mightier in deeds than in name."
  • Remembered best for his quest to find the Fountain of Youth
  • Found & first governor of Puerto Rico
  • Established the first Spanish settlement in the New World at St. Augustine Florida
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