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About Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first European expeditions to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. He was born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain, in 1474. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the Spanish military from a young age. He first came to the Americas as a "gentleman volunteer" with Christopher Columbus's second expedition in 1493.
Everything about Juan Ponce de León →- Occupation
- explorer, conquistador, military personnel
- Position held
- Spanish governor of Puerto Rico, Spanish governor of Puerto Rico, Spanish governor of Puerto Rico
- Citizenship
- Spanish Empire
- Born
- April 8, 1460, 1460
- Died
- 1521, July 1521