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  Juan Ponce de Leon II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Juan Ponce de Leon II Juan Ponce de Leon II was born in Puerto Rico in the early part of the 16th century.
The Spanish Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was Juana's father and, consequently, Juan Ponce de Leon II's grandfather.
Juan Ponce de Leon II's remains are buried in the Church of San José, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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 Ponce DeLeon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Juan Ponce de Leon was born into a noble family around 1460 in San Servas, Spain.
Ponce de Leon's second voyage to Florida, in which he hoped to found a colony, was unsuccessful.
Ponce de Leon retreated to a hospital in Havana, Cuba (the nearest Spanish facility), but died there a few days later at the age of 47 To this day Ponce de Leon is best remembered for his quest for the Fountain of Youth.
www.aetv.com /class/bioproject/ponce_bio.html   (308 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Profile: Ponce de León   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ponce de León’s stint as governor was not dissimilar to those of his fellow conquistadors throughout the Americas.
Ponce de León’s influence on Puerto Rican history was not limited to slavery and bloodshed.
In 1512, Ponce de León received a royal grant to seek out this island and attempt to discover its "Fountain of Youth." Thus began the quest for which Ponce de León is most famous, and which cost him his life.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol4n50/ProfiledeLeon-en.shtml   (1258 words)

  
 Free Essays on 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).
Ponce de Leon figured that this was a smart move on his part because three ships were not enough to do a proper job exploring the new land.
Ponce was now hoping to find the land of Bimini which he believed to be in the interior of Florida, because the coast line was mapped.
www.123student.com /716.htm   (1761 words)

  
 Dr. Bronson and Friends: A History of the City of St. Augustine
Juan Ponce de Leon, the European discover of Florida arrived somewhere on the east coast of Florida on March 23, 1513.
The statue is a duplicate of the Ponce de Leon statue in San Juan Puerto Rico and was donated by Dr. Andrew Anderson.
Juan de LeConte was the first physician to stay in St. Augustine for a long period of time.
www.drbronsontours.com /bronsonhistorypage.html   (2354 words)

  
 Juan Ponce de Leon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Juan Ponce de Leon was a European, which means he was from a country in Europe.
Juan Ponce de Leon was the first European to land in Florida.
Ponce de Leon explored Florida for Spain and claimed the land for Spain.
scott.k12.va.us /jcollins/Leon.htm   (145 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Puerto Rico Perfil: Ponce de León   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
De una población que se calculaba que ascendía a unos 30,000 taínos cuando llegó Colón, para 1530 mermarían a poco más de 1,000.
Ponce de León prosiguió del este hacia la costa norte de la isla dando encuentro y logrando la amistad de los indios taínos, quienes en un principio pensaron que los españoles eran inmortales.
En los densos bosques cerca de la costa, fueron emboscados por los indios guerreros Calusa que los obligaron a retirarse y Ponce de León recibió una herida mortal con una flecha envenenada.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/vol4n50/ProfiledeLeon-es.shtml   (1359 words)

  
 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)

  
 Ponce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Ponce (1972—), Puerto Rican actor, singer, and composer
Luis Ponce de León (1527–1591), Spanish poet and Augustinian friar
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ponce   (348 words)

  
 El Boricua, a bilingual , cultural publication for Puerto Ricans
When Ponce de León arrived in Puerto Rico, he was well-received by the cacique Agüeybana, leader of the Taíno tribes in the island.
Juan Ponce de León II, born in San Juan and grandson of Juan Ponce de León, organized a military expedition in the island and established a settlement on the island of Trindad in 1569.
The governor of Puerto Rico, Juan de Haros, was an experienced military man, and, expecting an attack in the section known as Boqueron, had that area fortified.
www.elboricua.com /MilitaryHistory.html   (7863 words)

  
 Juan Ponce De Leon II School in Florida, Puerto Rico/PR - School Tree
Juan Ponce De Leon II School is classified as a "High School".
Juan Ponce De Leon II School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
Juan Ponce De Leon II School IS NOT a Magnet school.
puerto-rico.schooltree.org /public/Juan-Ponce-De-Leon-II-099395.html   (136 words)

  
 Ponce de Leon, Juan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
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.
From Puerto Rico on Mar. 3, 1513, with three vessels, he sailed NE through the Bahamas, sighting the Florida peninsula (which he took to be an island) late in March and landing near the site of St. Augustine early in April.
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.
www.bartleby.com /65/po/PoncedeL.html   (359 words)

  
 Luis López Nieves's La verdadera muerte de Ponce de León: (The True Death of Ponce de León): Reinventing His Story - ...
Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo's 1535 chronicle provides the laconic notice that the first governor of Puerto Rico was wounded by an arrow and, on the way back from Bimini, died on the island of Cuba" (Tapia, pp.
A contemporary Spanish transcription prepared by a Basque with a Moorish surname (Boabdil, the Moorish king vanquished in 1492 at the battle of Granada, where Ponce de León fought) is also suspect and suggests centuries' old revenge as a possible motive for subverting Ponce's image.
In López Nieves's version, San Juan is saved, not by the bad decision of the British pirate, but rather by the unknown sacrifice of the Puerto Rican Rodrigo de las Nieves, for his homeland and his wife.
www.ciudadseva.com /obra/2000/ei01.htm   (1748 words)

  
 biografia
El 15 de junio de 1508 Ovando firmó una capitulación en favor de Ponce de León, por la que este se comprometía a hacerse amigo de los indios, ganar oro, cultivar alimentos para los españoles y construir una casa fortaleza.
Durante este periodo se trató a la población de una manera muy dura y como respuesta surgió la violenta rebelión india en el oeste y sur de la isla a finales de 1511, y que acabó tras el triunfo de Ponce de León en la batalla de Yagüeca.
Ponce de León deslindó la isla en dos partidos: Puerto Rico, al este, y San Germán, al oeste, partición válida durante algunos siglos, y se le nombró regidor perpetuo del cabildo de Caparra.
buscabiografias.com /cgi-bin/verbio.cgi?id=2756   (647 words)

  
 A R G E N P R E S S . i n f o - ¿Habrá democracia para Ponce de León? (Parte II) - 25 / 10 / 2006
A partir de entonces hubo 300 detenciones y 20 desaparecidos.
El 22 de abril de 1975 José García, operario calificado de la sección púa del turno B de Acindar, luego de una movilización que repudió la invasión del 20 de marzo, fue secuestrado por un grupo de policías federales y provinciales.
Cuando en noviembre de 1976 es trasladada a Devoto se entera por un diario viejo que había sido muerta en un enfrentamiento', contó Analía.
www.argenpress.info /nota.asp?num=025492   (3527 words)

  
 La Catedral de Caracas, 1596
It is also considered to be the pantheon of the family of Juan Ponce de Leon.
Juan Ponce de Leon II, author of the Relacion de Puerto Rico and first chronicler of the island is buried here.
The noted Puerto Rican painter, Jose Campeche, along with some of his ancestors, is buried in the chapel of the Rosary of the San Jose Church.
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 Introduction to the Relaciones Geográficas de Indias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Distributed throughout American soil, the answers to this interrogatory, or Relaciones Geográficas de América constitute on of the most solid sources of information on the lifestyle and conditions of the settlements in América during this period of time.
For example, in the Relación de San Juan de Puerto Rico, the Bachiller de Santa Clara and Juan Ponce de León II clearly discuss how medicinal practices native to the island are utilized in the mainland.
The questionnaire to the Relaciones is thought to have been authored by Juan López de Velasco, the first cosmographer-chronist, the Relaciones Geográficas are considered by many to be the first statistical study.
mlab.uiah.fi /simultaneous/Text/Introduction_Relaciones.html   (356 words)

  
 Parks and Squares
A strong house, constructed for Juan Ponce de León, but never got it to live because they hurt it in Florida and die in Cuba.
Juana was the daughter of Ponce de León, who married with García Troche.
In 1779, the descendants of Ponce de León sold the White House to the Spanish Military Government.
www.sanjuansesiente.com /parks4.html   (373 words)

  
 Ponce is Ponce
Ponce was founded officially in 1692, the precise dates are not known because the municipal archives were destroyed.
During the first years, the town of Ponce underwent many catastrophes, because the rivers that surrounded the city continuously exit their channels, destroying everything to its step.
Due to the capacity of its citizens, and the royal decree to turn the port of Ponce into a free one, by the end of 19th century, Ponce was the richest, prosperous and the biggest city in all the island.
www.fortunecity.com /silverstone/downshift/382/pags/ponceis.html   (295 words)

  
 San Juan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Also in the San Juan area are the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (1912), the Sacred Heart University (1976), the Museum of Puerto Rican Art, and the Ponce de León Museum.
The region's first European settlement, called Caparra and located west of the present-day city of San Juan, was begun in 1508 under the direction of Ponce de León.
The city of San Juan remained under Spanish control until 1898, when the island was ceded to the United States at the conclusion of the Spanish-American War.
www.2747.com /2747/world/city/sanjuan.htm   (488 words)

  
 Military history of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1508, Ponce de León became the first appointed governor of Puerto Rico, founding the first settlement of Caparra between the modern-day cities of Bayamón and San Juan.
In 1510, Agüeybaná II (Agüeybaná's brother) and a group of Tainos led Diego Salcedo, a Spaniard, to a river and drowned him, proving to his people that the white men were not gods.
She was assigned to the San Juan base hospital where she worked as an anesthesiologist during the mornings and in the laboratory during the afternoons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_history_of_Puerto_Rico   (8376 words)

  
 Duques de Arcos
Rodrigo Ponce de León (I) (*1432-+1492, legitimado 1460), III Conde de Arcos, II Marqués y I (y único) Duque de Cádiz (R.C.: 1484, revertido a la Corona en 1492), I Marqués de Zahara (R.D.: 20.05.1492), VII Sr.
Rodrigo Ponce de León (II) (*1488-+1530), V Conde y I Duque de Arcos (R.D.: 20.01.1493), III Marqués de Zahara, creado I Conde de Casares (R.D.20.01.1493, en compensación del Ducado de Cádiz), IX Sr.
Rodrigo Ponce de León (III) (+1630), III Duque de Arcos, GEPC, Caballero del Toisón de Oro (CTO), V Marqués de Zahara, III Conde de Casares, VIII Sr.
www.galeon.com /sanfernandoisla/arcos.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Michael Ponce De Leon ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Paul Ponce Antoine Robert (Robert de Seri), Sacrifices of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal after the drawing by Mathurin Jousse in the collection of M. Crozat, no. 83 from an album, mid 18th century
JosÈ Guadalupe Posada, LA INUNDACION DE LEON (The Flooding of Leon), cover for a book of songs, as reprinted on p.
Ponce de Leon writes, "I see my work as a place to house my spiritual feelings...
www.wwar.com /masters/l/leon-michael_ponce_de.html   (1441 words)

  
 A Troche Introduction
Because Juan I Ponce De Leons' only son took religious vows, grandson Juan II Garcia TROCHE Ponce De Leon became heir, choosing to be known by his mother's surname, though still carrying the surname of his father.
As Martin de Olmedo Troche and his two sons are the eldest listed Troche surnames in Spain, it is safe to say the majority of Troche families are related to each other and to this Ponce De Leon line.
At present, the main difficulty lies in the fact that most of the descendants from Juan II carried Ponce De Leon, although they were Troche.
www.troche.us /intro.html   (734 words)

  
 Link To Puerto Rico.com - Florida
The anchored cross is taken from the shield of the Llanes lineage's last name that in its modified form is "Yanes", which corresponds to the history and toponymy of the municipality of Florida but with its colors inverted, because in the family shield the cross is silver and its field is red.
It remembers that the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Merced and San Juan Nepomuceno of Florida preceded in existence to the town of this name.
JUAN PONCE DE LEÓN II PO Box 366, P.R. Source: Departamento De Educación
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 Juan Ponce de Leon II - meaning of word
Juan Ponce de Leon II - meaning of word
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 Spain Conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon was Juana's father and, consequently, Juan Ponce de Leon II's maternal grandfather.
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