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media type="file" key="Ponce de Leon4.wmv" width="345" height="108" Right Click on the file and press Full Screen to see it. = __// Juan P once de Le o n, by Iren and Phillip //__ = =__//Interduction-//__ = was born in 1460 in San Tervas de Campos, near the Spanish town of Palencia. As a boy he was hired to diliver messages in the royal court. He was a Spanish man who came from a noble family, and served in the Spanish court. He had a well benifitted education which bennifited his noble birth. Juan worked as a courtier, explorer, and a soldier.
 * __//John Ponce de Leon (Juan Ponce de Leon)//__** [|How to pronounce Ponce de Leon]

=**__ //Death-// __**= Ponce de Leon died in July, 1521 in Havana, Cuba. His fleet encountered the Calusa, during the battle he was wounded and died from the wounds before getting to the saftey of Cuba.



=__// Voyages -//__= Juan Ponce de Leon represented Spain.

//Voyage #1-// In 1493 he visited the New World on Colubus's second voyage.

//Voyage #2-// On April 2, 1513, Juan sailed with 200 men, and his ships (//Santa Maria//, the //Santiago//, and the //San Cristobal//) to find the island of Bimini and claim it for Spain.

=__// Purpose of Journey -//__= Juan Ponce De Leon was interested in finding wealth and new lands that he could govern. Juan Ponce de Leon set out twice to find an island said to lie north of Cuba called Bimini where the Fountain of Youth was said to be. This fountain was said to make people younger in age.The first time he organised an expedition in March 1513. He landed near the site of St.Augustine, Florida. He explored the Florida Keys and having no luck he sailed back to Spain.The second time he sailed to Bimini in February of 1521. He landed on the east coast of Florida where he was killed by unfriendly natives. =__ //Hardships/Challenges// __-= During the battle with a fleet of Indians, Ponce de Leon got an infected wound in his arm by getting shot with an arrow by one of the Indians. He was broght to Cuba where he died in July of 1521 from his infected wound.

=__ //Historical Contributions// __-= Ponce de Leon found and named Florida. He conquered the island which he called San Juan de Porto Rico. Plus he also discovered the Gulf Stream. He also founded the town of Salvaleon.

= //__ Other Notable Occurrences/Events -__// = Ponce de Leon became governor of the eastern part, or province of Higuey. In the 1490's served as a privateer attacking ships belonging to the Moors. Also Leon means lion in Spanish.

=__// References / Sources- //__= [] [] [] [] [] = [|www.proyectosalonhogar.com/ Puerto_Rico/PonceD]... = =__//Picture Websites//__= = = [] [] [] =//__Bibliography __//= = Chisholm, Jane, Timelines of World History, New York, Scholastic Inc., 2000, 1998. = =Fritz, Jean. Around The World In a Hundred Years, New York; Scholastic Inc., 1994.= .