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Ponce de Leon and the Early Exploration of Florida Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain (Ponce, 1996). He came from a noble family and entered the royal household as a page for Pedro Nunez de Guzman, at the Court of Aragon. Later, young Ponce de Leon would become a solider for Spain and fight in the battles to drive the Moors from Granada (Blassingame, 1991). In 1493, Leon sailed with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to America (Ponce, 1996). He was a member of the forces that enslaved the Indians in Hispaniola.This was the European and Spanish way. Few explores would look upon the natives they encountered as anything more than talking animals. For the year of 1502 he was a captain under the governor of Hispaniola, Nicolas de Ovando (Thompson, 1990). During his time as captain he would suppress an Indian uprising. For this he was rewarded with the governorship of Higuey (Blassingame, 1991). Ponce de Leon would remain in Hispaniola until 1503. In this year he would be intrigued by the tales of gold to be found in Borinquen, known as the modern Puerto Rico (Ponce, 1994). He sailed to explore and settle the island. He landed on August 12, 1508 and soon con
Copyright 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. The king agreed that the land should be explored further. There he found an indian prisoner, Juan Ortiz. He never had the chance to explore the land for himself (1990). He then traveled to the Indian village of Cofitachequi. An Indian arrow had pierced his armor and struck him in the thigh. Ovanado was soon replaced with Diego Columbus, as governor of Hispaniola. The ships were caught in the strong current of the Gulf Stream which forced them to struggle for weeks along the Florida Keys. Ponce de Leon only went upon land when it was absolutely necessary. Florida: From the Beginning to 1992. Other explorers would try to follow Ponce de Leon example in the exploration of Florida, but most of them would encounter the same result as he did (1990). Although the Spaniards were well equiped, the Indians would defeat them. There the Spaniards found a vast amount of pearls, about two hundred pounds of them in the local burial sites.
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