Answer Juan Ponce de León. Juan Ponce de Leon.
One extremely important Spanish explorer and conquistador, named Hernando Cortes, explored a good part of modern day Mexico.
A Spanish explorer didn't name America. It was a German map maker who had read Amerigo Vespucci's account of his exploring "America" and named it after him. There is no proof that he was actually came to North America.
Juan Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, was the man who led the first European expedition to Florida. He called it La Florida because of its verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season.
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Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.
Florida is the state named after an island that a Spanish explorer read about. Juan Ponce de León, the explorer, arrived in Florida in 1513 and named it "La Florida" after the Spanish feast of flowers, "Pascua Florida," that he read about on the island.
One extremely important Spanish explorer and conquistador, named Hernando Cortes, explored a good part of modern day Mexico.
Colorado was discovered by a Spanish explorer named Francisco Vasquez De Coronado.
Florida was named "land of flowers" by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in the early 16th century.
A Spanish explorer didn't name America. It was a German map maker who had read Amerigo Vespucci's account of his exploring "America" and named it after him. There is no proof that he was actually came to North America.
Itis named after an island a Spanish explorer read about
He was a Spanish conquistador who, while looking for something called the Fountain of Youth, discovered and named Florida.
The explorer Ponce De Leon named it-Spanish for feast of flowers.
he explored Florida and named it a name
Florida came from a spanish word.Florida was named by Spanish........
Florida was named by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León during his expedition in 1513. He called the region "La Florida," which means "the land of flowers," in reference to the lush, blooming landscape he encountered during the Easter season, known as "Pascua Florida" in Spanish. The name has persisted and is still used today.
Juan Ponce de León explored and claimed the state of Florida for Spain in 1513. He was the first European to set foot on the land, which he named "La Florida" due to its lush vegetation and the timing of his arrival during the Easter season, known as "Pascua Florida" in Spanish. Ponce de León's expedition marked the beginning of Spanish interest and colonization in the region.