USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer. In 1508–09 he explored and settled Puerto Rico, founding the colony’s oldest settlement, Caparra, near what is now San Juan. He is also credited with being the first European to reach Florida (1513).

Detailed explanation-2: -Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de León in 1513. Sometime between April 2 and April 8, Ponce de León waded ashore on the northeast coast of Florida, possibly near present-day St. Augustine.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although other European navigators may have sighted the Florida peninsula before, Ponce de León is credited with the first recorded landing and the first detailed exploration of the Florida coast.

Detailed explanation-4: -The next day Ponce de León and his men came ashore and claimed La Florida for Spain, becoming the first documented visitors of European culture to Florida’s coast. By stepping foot in Florida, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, by many accounts, discovered mainland America.

Detailed explanation-5: -De Leon initially believed he had discovered a large island but later learned it something more. Due to the landscape’s lush vegetation and the Catholic holiday Pascua Florida (Feast of Flowers) during which it was “discovered, ” Ponce de León named the region La Florida.