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	Juan Ponce de Leon II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon II born in Puerto Rico in the early part of the 16th century, was the first Puerto Rican to assume the temporary governorship of Puerto Rico.
		The Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was Juana's father and, consequently, Juan Ponce de Leon II's maternal grandfather.
		Juan Ponce de Leon II's remains are buried in the Church of San José, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Leon_II (287 words)

	Juan Ponce de León -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ponce de Leon was then removed from office and felt his good name had been damaged.
		Ponce de Leon sailed into the Bahamas headed toward Florida, then considered by slave hunters and fishermen to be a large island.
		Ponce de Leon claimed "La Pascua Florida" for (A parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power) Spain, and in 1514 received a commission to colonize the "island," though he would not return until 1521.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/juan_ponce_de_le%f3n.htm (619 words)

	Ponce de León : Florida's First Spanish Explorer
		Juan Ponce de León was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida.
		Ponce de León explored many areas, including the Bahamas and Bimini, for both gold and the mythical fountain, but he never found either.
		Ponce de León was shot in the thigh by an arrow and was seriously wounded.
	fcit.coedu.usf.edu /florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm (592 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon
		Ponce de Leon was trained as a warrior and public servant.
		De Leon sailed on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus and with his family, settled on Hispaniola (Dominican Republic).
		De Leon was wounded by an Indian arrow and the expedition sailed back to Cuba where Ponce de Leon soon died.
	www.fcps.edu /KingsParkES/technology/bios/deleon.htm (369 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ponce de Leon
		He was descended from an ancient and noble family; the surname of León was acquired through the marriage of one of the Ponces to Doña Aldonza de León, a daughter of Alfonso IX.
		As a lad Ponce de León served as page to Pedro Nuñuz de Guzmán, later the tutor of the brother of Charles V, the Infante Don Fernando.
		Ponce obtained from Charles V, 23 February, 1512, a patent authorizing him to discover and people the Island of Bimini, giving him jurisdiction over the island for life, and bestowing upon him the title of Adelantado.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12228a.htm (724 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Juan Ponce de Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish conquistador.
		On March 27, 1513 de Leon sighted North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.
		Later, on April 2, he landed somewhere on the east coast of the newly discovered land and claims it for Spain.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ju/Juan-Ponce-de-Leon.html (104 words)

	AllRefer.com - Juan Ponce de LeOn (Latin American History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Juan Ponce de LeOn, Latin American History, Biographies
		Hearing tales from the Carib of a wonderfully rich island called Bimini, said to be N of Cuba, Ponce de LeOn secured a commission (1512) to conquer and colonize that land.
		Upon landing on the west coast, probably in the vicinity of Charlotte Harbor or Tampa Bay, his party was fiercely attacked by Native Americans, and he was severely wounded by an arrow.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PoncedeL.html (446 words)

	Discoverers Web: Ponce de Leon
		Juan Ponce de León was born somewhere around 1460 in San Tervás de Campos, León, from impoverished nobility.
		Ponce de Léon left Puerto Rico on 3 March 1513, sailing in a northwestern direction, skirting the Bahamas.
		Ponce de Léon himself had been mortally wounded, and he died shortly after arrival back in Havana (Cuba), in July 1521.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/ponce.html (466 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
		It was not merely the passion of searching for new countries that prompted Ponce de Leon to undertake this voyage; he was influenced by one of those visionary ideas which at that time often mingled with the spirit of discovery and rendered it more active.
		In hopes of finding this grand restorative, Ponce de Leon and his followers ranged through the islands, searching, with fruitless solicitude and labor, for the fountain which was the chief object of their expedition.
		Ponce de Leon was killed by the Indians in a second visit to Florida in 1521.
	www.publicbookshelf.com /public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/juanponce_bg.html (521 words)

	Wired News: Promise of Eternal Youth Dashed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The voyage charter Ponce de Leon received from King Ferdinand gave the explorer permission to seek and claim the lands or islands he discovered and to profit from those discoveries.
		The scant records of Ponce de Leon's life don't seem to bear this out, unless it was a recent problem for the explorer -- at the time of his voyage, he was the father of several young children.
		Juan Ponce de Leon was unable to defend his penis' reputation; he had been dead for almost 15 years by the time the book was published.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,61355,00.html (1096 words)

	Ponce de Leon
		Juan Ponce de Leon was born in Tierra de Campos Palencia, Spain.
		As a reward for his service to Spain, Ponce de Leon was given the right to find Bimini, one of the islands in the Bahamas.
		Ponce de Leon organized an expedition to find the fountain in March of 1513.
	library.thinkquest.org /J002678F/ponce_de_leon.htm (321 words)

	Ponce de León - Wikipedia
		Juan Ponce de León, conquistador español en América.
		Fray Pedro Ponce de León, pedagogo castellano, pionero de la enseñanza de sordos en España.
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	es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ponce_de_Le%C3%B3n (100 words)

	Juan ponce de leon
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	FLORIDA OF THE CONQUISTADOR
		Ponce de Leon was removed from office and felt his good name had been damaged.
		Ponce de Leon was pierced in the thigh by a reed arrow.
		Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, a survivor of an ill-fated landing in Calusa country in 1517, traveled the Florida shore to the Mississippi River, verifying Ponce de Leon's claim Florida was not an island.
	www.floridahistory.org /floridians/conquis.htm (2181 words)

	Their Stamp on History: Juan Ponce de Leon (1474-1521) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon, known by schoolchildren everywhere as simply “Ponce de Leon” was a Spanish explorer and conquistador.
		Ponce de Leon is buried in San Juan Cathedral in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		Juan Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth
	www.stamponhistory.com /2003/09/07/0005 (258 words)

	Casa de Juan Ponce De León (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ponce de León tenía en la isla Mona, entre Puerto Rico y Santo Domingo, un ingenio para la fabricación de casabe.
		E1 plano de planta de la vivienda es de unos 14 metros por 10, circuída de gruesos muros, con cierto aire medieval y una fachada principal única.
		Juan ponce de León, de agitada vida, llega en 1508 a Puerto Rico donde es nombrado ya gobernador en 1509.
	www.consuladord-ny.org /Historia/PonceLeon.htm (324 words)

	Enciclopedia Católica
		Cuando Nicolás de Ovando llegó a la Española en 1502 como gobernador, encontró a los nativos en un estado de rebelión, y en la guerra que siguió Ponce rindió tan valiosos servicios que fue nombrado lugarteniente de Ovando con cuartel General en un pueblo en el lado Este de la Isla.
		En ese tiempo historias del Este de Asia estuvieron muy generalizadas las cuales hablaban de una famosa agua de manantial la cual tenía la maravillosa virtud de restaurar la juventud y vigor a aquellos que la bebieran.
		Ponce obtuvo de Carlos V, el 23 de Febrero de 1512, una autorización pública para descubrir y poblar la Isla de Bimini, dándole jurisdicción sobre la Isla de por vida, y confiriéndole el titulo de Adelantado.
	www.enciclopediacatolica.com /p/ponceleon.htm (729 words)

	Essay on juan ponce de leon
		Juan Ponce de Leon Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460, in Tierra de Campos Paleia, in Leon, Spain.
		Later, young Ponce de Leon would become a solider for Spain and fight in the battles to drive the Moors from Granada.
		Juan Ponce de Leon did not make it; he died before they reached Cuba.
	www.dedicatedwriters.com /paper/juan_ponce_de_leon-38114.html (181 words)

	Juan Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth Part 1: The Early Years
		Juan Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth Part 1: The Early Years
		Ponce became very popular and was named governor of neary Puerto Rico then called (Boriquien) in 1508.
		Ponce decided that he must find this water source.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/worldhistory/juanponcedeleon1.htm (211 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon: Biography of Juan Ponce de Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon: Biography of Juan Ponce de Leon
		Was a court page, served against the Moors, and in 1502 sailed with Ovando to Hispaniola, and became governor of the eastern part of the island.
		He retired to Cuba, and died there in July from the wound of a poisoned arrow.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/L/JuanPoncedeLeon.html (111 words)

	Juan Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth Part 2: The Fountain of Youth
		Juan Ponce De Leon and the Fountain of Youth Part 2: The Fountain of Youth
		Many of his men died, but Ponce escaped, although he was injured.
		Ponce De Leon never found the Fountain of Youth.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/worldhistory/juanponcedeleon2.htm (192 words)

	Ponce de Leon, Juan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hearing tales from the Carib of a wonderfully rich island called Bimini, said to be N of Cuba, Ponce de León secured a commission (1512) to conquer and colonize that land.
		Probably because his arrival in Florida occurred at the time of the Easter feast (Pascua Florida), Ponce de León named the land (which he claimed for Spain) La Florida.
		The expedition sailed immediately for Cuba, where Ponce de León soon died.
	www.bartleby.com /65/po/PoncedeL.html (359 words)

	Juan Ponce De Leon - Clase 1970: Noticias (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Les exhorto que hagan el compromiso de encontrar y traer otro companero para la proxima actividad, de esa maner podremos un dia estar todos juntos.
		Cuando sepas de alguna acitivdad y puedas ayudar, dejenlo saber.
		En 3 de junio de 2002 la calle marginal frente a nuestra escuela se denomino Juan Bravo Márquez.
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	Ponce de leon - Ponce De Leon Lighthouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ponce de Leon Springs State Park Area is located one half mile south of US 90 on CR,181—A. Park Fees.
		Monica Ponce de Leon is Professor of Architecture and coordinator of the second Ponce de Leon is a principal in the design firm Office dA, whose current
		Ponce de Leon Park was located at the site of the new Midtown Place At the site of Ponce de Leon Springs, an amusement park arose and was one of the
	siteslinks.com /q/ponce-de-leon.htm (482 words)

	European Explorers - Age of Exploration
		Web de Anza from the University of Oregon provides students and scholars with primary source documents and multimedia resources covering Juan Bautista de Anza's two overland expeditions from the Sonoran desert to northern California, Includes original journals, maps, an image gallery, and instructional ideas.
		Samuel de Champlain, Voyages from the University of Kansas
		Juan Poncé de Léon by a Hillsborough, Florida CC history prof.
	www.chenowith.k12.or.us /tech/subject/social/explore.html (3010 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer in the late 1400s and the early 1500s.
		Ponce de Leon was born on 1460 in San Servos Leon and died in 1520.In 1493 he accompanied Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas.
		De Leon heard wondrous tales from the Native Americans of an island somewhere north of Cub
	www.radessays.com /viewpaper/21721/Capitalists.html (154 words)

	Juan Ponce de Leon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce de Leon: Juan Ponce de Leon went with Columbus on his voyage.
		Juan Ponce de Leon : All about his life, nick name and discovery.
		Juan Ponce de Leon:Some more facts about Juan Ponce de Leon.
	aes.ac.in /es/intranet/fifthgrade/explorers/Juandeponcedeleon.html (38 words)

	Biographies of Spanish Discoverers, Conquistadores, Colonial Administrators
		In 1514 Pedro Arias de Avila arrived in Panama, as appointed governor; Balboa, on Panama's west coast, building ships in preparation for further expeditions, in 1519 was arrested on the order of de Avila, sentenced and executed.
		Arrived in the la Platea region with Pedro de Mendoza in 1535; co-founded Buenos Aires and Asuncion in 1536; was elected governor of Paraguay by the settlers; ruled by force.
		Was accompanied by Domingo Martinez de Irala, founder of Asuncion..
	www.zum.de /whkmla/period/disc/bioxedisc.html (1452 words)

	Spanish Period of Jacksonville's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MISSION OF SAN JUAN DEL PUERTO -- A brief overview of the mission of San Juan Del Puerto (St. John of the Port).
		PONCE DE LEON -- Info about Ponce de Leon, the European discoverer of Florida.
		PONCE DE LEON -- Brief summary of de Leon's life.
	jacksonvillestory.com /The%20Spanish%20in%20Florida.htm (1870 words)

	Juan Ponce De Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida - Hotel Resource Book Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Juan Ponce De Leon and the Spanish Discovery of Puerto Rico and Florida
		I had a history report on Ponce de Leon and this book covered every question and topic I had.
		Ponce De Leon: Juan Ponce De Leon Searches for the Fountain of Youth (Exploring...
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