Spain 1513
1513
Juan ponce de leon
Florida
balboa sailed for spain in 1513
King Ferdinand was the effective King of Spain in 1513. He was the de jure King of the Kingdom of Aragón and he was the de jure Regent for Queen Joanna of Castile who was deemed mentally ill. In 1516, the Kingdom of Spain passed to Charles V of the Hapsburgs.
In 1513 be became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean, and he claimed it and all of its shores for Spain.
In 1513, Ponce de Leon discovered explored Florida, which he claimed for Spain. It is believed that he landed near St. Augustine in March of 1513.
1513
Spain
spain
Ponce de León.In 1513 he sailed northward to what is now Florida.