The presence of this pilot was the result of some of the first documented encounters between Juan Ponce de Leon's men and Florida natives in Antonio de Herrera's account of Ponce's voyage.

but a voyage of discovery, nevertheless. Headed for their first stopover at El Aguado, Ponce de Leon’s ships, burnished to old gold by the setting sun, glided out of the port of San Germán on a ...

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 ...

With the loss of high office, Ponce de León was subject to political retribution. In October 1512, shortly before his voyage of discovery to Florida, Juan Ponce was fined 1,352 pesos, a small ...

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 ...

Ponce sent a ship's boat to reconnoiter ... Diego Miruelo has been credited by the Spanish chronicler Garcilaso de la Vega with the original discovery of the Florida peninsula.