According to MacDougald, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon visited Tampa Bay in 1521. He sought to establish the first colony in the U.S. at Tampa Bay, but it did not materialize. According to ...

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 ...

{BOSSANOVA TUNE} Ponce was named after Juan Ponce de Leon, who was a major factor in the founding of the colony of Puerto Rico, went on to Florida, got sick, came back and died in Cuba. The town ...

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 ...