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Ponce de León reached Puerto Rico on 19 October 1513 after having been away for almost eight months. The other ship, after further explorations returned safely on 20 February 1514. [92] Although Ponce de León is widely credited with the discovery of Florida, he almost certainly was not the first European to reach the peninsula.
Ponce – named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza of the Ponce de León family; Rincón – "Corner", founded by Don Luis de Añasco; San Juan – from "Saint John the Baptist" San Germán – named after the queen consort of Aragon and second wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, whom he married in 1506 after the death of his first wife, Isabella I ...
José Fernández Córdoba Ponce de León: 1685 to 1687: Manuel de Murguia y Mena: Removed from office for illicit trade 1687 to 1689: Diego Antonio de Viana y Hinojosa: 1689 to 1695: Severino de Manzaneda Salinas y Rozas: 3 October 1695 to 20 September 1702: Diego de Córdoba Lasso de la Vega, Marquis of the Vado del Maestre
Millions of people visit the island of Cuba each year for its mild tropical clime, beautiful beaches, and jazzy "Latin 1950s" feel (not to mention the cigars). The country also has a reputation ...
He participated in the Spanish conquests of Cuba by Diego Velázquez and the expeditions to Florida by Juan Ponce de León. By 1519, he had joined Cortes's forces and invaded present-day Mexico, participating in the siege of Tenochtitlan. He married and settled in Mexico City, where he was the first known farmer to have sowed wheat in America ...
This established the standard Spanish route to the Americas: south to the Canary Islands, west on the trade winds to the Caribbean, then beat against the wind north of Cuba using the Florida Current to the Gulf Steam, then use it to go north to the westerlies which led directly home. Since wind systems move north in summer and south in winter ...
“Quinografía,” a portrait of the famously timid Mafalda cartoonist Quino, and “Habana Libre,” a take on rebellious youth in Cuba, look like potential standouts at Ventana Docs, a ...
Ponce de León II was sent by the Spanish Crown to establish a settlement on the island of Trinidad in 1569. He founded the "town of the Circumcision", probably around modern Laventille. In 1570, this settlement was abandoned, possibly because of the raids by the Caribs, which resulted in the death of Ponce de Leon's son. According to some ...