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Juan Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce De Leon was a Spanish explorer and the first Governor of Puerto Rico.
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The Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon went to Florida seeking what?
ponce de leon was searching for a new world
He was rich because he was the explorer of Puerto Rico (Known as San Juan before he changed it) and he was Puerto Rico's first governer.
How old was ponce de leon when he died?
He was killed by a poisoned arrow that went to his thigh (with the poisonous sap was from a tree). The colonists that were on his expedition (this was during his last trip to Florida) sailed with him to Havana, Cuba where he died of the poison. He is buried in Puerto Rico.
Where did Juan Ponce de Leon start his voyage to Florida?
He was looking for the Island of Beimeni but came across the land Florida
Why did native Americans shoot ponce de leon?
because ponce de leon treated the native americans badly
What was Ponce de Leon's legacy?
Juan Ponce De Leon's impact was he found Florida and named it after all the flowers he saw. He was in search for The Fountain Of Youth. He went on to try to find it again but landed on the West coast of Florida and Indians shot at him and his crew. Ponce got hit by an arrow and later died from his wounds.
In what year did Juan Ponce de Leon set sail?
i am changing the answer someone put because its totally wrong! they put 1513(wrong) but its 1493. hope that helped and " put the right answers" to whoever put the last wrong one.
Actually, 1513 is correct if you are talking about his first expedition to Florida. 1493 is the date he sailed from Spain to what is now the Caribbean.
Does martin de leon have any brothers or sisters?
yes he did he had two younger brothers and one older sister.
The person who claimed Florida for Spain while he was looking for the fountain of youth?
Ponce de Leon was founder of the legendary Fountain of Youth which has been preserved archeologically in Florida where people can drink from the fountain thought to be the one found by de Leon.
What month did Juan ponce de Leon died in?
Juan Ponce De Leon died in July 1521 from a wound from an arrow supposedly poisoned with the sap of the Manchineel tree that he received in a battle with the Calusa tribe while on an expedition to Florida. He was taken back to Cuba, but died soon after.
Why was Juan Ponce De Leon remembered?
Juan Ponce De Leon was a Spanish explorer (1460-1521), his most famous accomplishment being the first European to explore (and name) Florida, searching for the Fountain of Youth.
De Leon made a total of two searches for the Fountain of Youth, once in March 1513, and again in February 1521. Both searches were unsuccessful. During his second search, his group were met by a large group of Native Amercians shooting arrows at them. An arrow hit De Leon, and died in July 1521 from his wounds.
When did Juan Ponce De Leon got married?
Yes, he married the daughter of a Santo Domingo innkeeper, Leonor, in 1502. They had 3 daughters Juana, Isabel, and Maria and one son Luis. Maria and Luis were born in Salvaleon Leon's settlement in Puerto Rico. Leon will die at the age of 47.
Did Juan Ponce de Leon claim land for Europe?
Of course; he claimed all of Mexico for the Spanish crown.
What did Ponce de Leon do in adulthood?
He grew up as a noble squire even though he wasnt born into a noble or rich family. He trained to become a knight and was eventually knighted. He helped drive the moors out of Spain. Still as a child or teenager he began to go on other voyages with other Spanish explores. He went on Culumbus' 2nd voyage to the New World.
Ponce de León was injured by a poisoned arrow to the shoulder, or perhaps in the thigh as some historians state. Perhaps the best answer would be to state simply that he was shot in Florida and died in Havana.
