USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Juan Ponce de León, (born 1460?, Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, León [Spain]-died 1521, Havana, Cuba), Spanish explorer who founded the first European settlement on Puerto Rico and who is credited with being the first European to reach Florida (1513).

Detailed explanation-2: -Ponce de León in Florida On that first expedition to Florida, Ponce de León explored the coast, including the Florida Keys, and discovered the Gulf Stream, the warm ocean current that would help future Spanish ships maneuver their way home from the New World.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Near present-day St. Augustine, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on the Florida coast, and claims the territory for the Spanish crown. Native Americans inhabited the area that became known as Florida for thousands of years before any European contact.

Detailed explanation-5: -Juan Ponce de León Ponce de León. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs, LC-USZ62-3106. Juan Ponce de León was the first Spanish explorer to set foot in the southeastern United States.