In 1521, Ponce de León returned to Florida in a bid to establish a permanent Spanish colony. However, hostile natives attacked his expedition soon after it landed; the party retreated to Cuba ...

He sought to establish the first colony in the U.S. at Tampa Bay ... This reprint of a map from the late-1520s might prove that Juan Ponce de Leon visited Tampa Bay in 1521.

On this second visit to the East Indies, Admiral Colón established Spain’s first colony on a large island ... their first stopover at El Aguado, Ponce de Leon’s ships, burnished to old ...

If only the real Juan Ponce de León had been able to ask directions ... why it took Spain nearly 50 years to establish a permanent colony in Florida. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

By the way, Ponce de Leon never did find the youth-restoring fountain. In 1521, he returned to Charlotte Harbor to attempt a colony. That didn’t turn out so well. Some American Indians attacked ...

Ponce de León's name wasn't tied to the Fountain of Youth until 14 years after his death. The Granger Collection, NYC Half a millennium ago, in 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León ...

Casey Feindt Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park is the site of St. Augustine's original settlement. Here, you'll learn about the Spanish settlers who arrived in the 1500s ...

But it has long been assumed that, in 1521, Charlotte Harbor was where Juan Ponce de León, the Spanish explorer ... “It pre-dated the Jamestown colony and the Pilgrim landings by nearly a ...