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Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the mighty ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killed foes by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and even received his own wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman. Becerrillo was eventually slain in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie: he was assigned to a squad to protect the mulatto conquistador Pedro Mexía, who was married to the native chieftainess Luisa, but a rival tribe attacked their house, overwhelmed their defenses and killed the tri-racial BattleCouple, after which Becerrillo died by a poisoned arrow to rescue his handler during the retreat. The Spaniards hosted a secret funeral for the dog and buried him in order not to dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural {{Hellhound}}, although he lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence of gold]] soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unknowingly contacted the place.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence of gold]] soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unknowingly contacted the place.
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Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the mighty ''Alano Español'' breed breed, so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killed foes by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and even received his own wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman. Becerrillo was eventually slain in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie: he was assigned to a squad to protect sent in with the reinforcements against an attack by hostile tribes, during which he ended up helping defend the house of mulatto conquistador Pedro Mexía, who was married to the Mexía and his native chieftainess wife Luisa, but a rival tribe attacked their house, the attackers overwhelmed their defenses and killed the tri-racial BattleCouple, after which and Becerrillo ultimately died by a poisoned arrow in a HeroicSacrifice to rescue his handler during the retreat. The heartbroken Spaniards hosted a secret funeral for the dog and buried him in order not to dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural {{Hellhound}}, although he lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence of gold]] soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''PascuaFlorida'', although historians Florida''. Historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say landed, or whether he wasn't even was really the first, and that as other Spaniards had might have also unknowingly contacted the place.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence of gold]] soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first Western expeditions to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a myth, although he did die the way described.
Despite being the most famous point of his career -- if not the most famous historical instance of the ImmortalitySeeker trope, period -- the story about the Fountain of Youth might have become associated with Ponce de León by honest mistake. It all came when a Spanish teenager, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, was shipwrecked in Florida and passed seventeen years as a slave of the Calusa natives before being rescued by a conquistador, who had married his owner's sister by AltarDiplomacy and could get him freed. Among all the lore Hernando had the chance to learn, there was the story of a nameless conquistador that came in the search of a magical river of youth before being killed by the Calusa, and as the circumstances and dating of the event seemed to fit Ponce de León, Escalante assumed they were one and the same. However, there's no proof that Ponce de León was interested in the legend of the Fountain, at least openly, and given that many other conquistadors landed and died in Florida at the time, nothing indicates this one was him.
Despite being the most famous point of his career -- if not the most famous historical instance of the ImmortalitySeeker trope, period -- the story about the Fountain of Youth might have become associated with Ponce de León by honest mistake. It all came when a Spanish teenager, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, was shipwrecked in Florida and passed seventeen years as a slave of the Calusa natives before being rescued by a conquistador, who had married his owner's sister by AltarDiplomacy and could get him freed. Among all the lore Hernando had the chance to learn, there was the story of a nameless conquistador that came in the search of a magical river of youth before being killed by the Calusa, and as the circumstances and dating of the event seemed to fit Ponce de León, Escalante assumed they were one and the same. However, there's no proof that Ponce de León was interested in the legend of the Fountain, at least openly, and given that many other conquistadors landed and died in Florida at the time, nothing indicates this one was him.
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first Western expeditions to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast angry natives. This story is now considered little more than a myth, although he did die the way described.
Despite being the most famous point of his career -- if not the most famous historical instance of the ImmortalitySeeker trope, period -- the story about the Fountain of Youth might have become associated with Ponce de León by honest mistake. It all came when a Spanish teenager, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, was shipwrecked in Florida and passed seventeen years as a slave of the Calusa natives before being rescued by a conquistador, who had married his owner's sister by reasons of AltarDiplomacy and could get him freed. Among all the lore Hernando had the chance to learn, there was the story of a nameless conquistador that came in the search of a magical river of youth before being killed by the Calusa, and as the circumstances and dating of the event seemed to fit Ponce de León, Escalante assumed they were one and the same. However, there's no proof that Ponce de León was interested in the legend of the Fountain, at least openly, and given that many other conquistadors landed and died in Florida at the time, nothing indicates this one was him.
Despite being the most famous point of his career -- if not the most famous historical instance of the ImmortalitySeeker trope, period -- the story about the Fountain of Youth might have become associated with Ponce de León by honest mistake. It all came when a Spanish teenager, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, was shipwrecked in Florida and passed seventeen years as a slave of the Calusa natives before being rescued by a conquistador, who had married his owner's sister by reasons of AltarDiplomacy and could get him freed. Among all the lore Hernando had the chance to learn, there was the story of a nameless conquistador that came in the search of a magical river of youth before being killed by the Calusa, and as the circumstances and dating of the event seemed to fit Ponce de León, Escalante assumed they were one and the same. However, there's no proof that Ponce de León was interested in the legend of the Fountain, at least openly, and given that many other conquistadors landed and died in Florida at the time, nothing indicates this one was him.
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He had his baptism of fire helping suppress a rebellion of Taíno natives, who had revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse him with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was only distantly related to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unknowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unknowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
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He had his baptism of fire helping suppress a rebellion of Taíno natives, who had revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons [[note]]Or perhaps he was named Luis, but don't confuse him not. Unlike other famed conquistadors, who hooked up with Luis Ponce de León, native princesses and noblewomen easily identifiable in the judge and future governor of New Spain, who sources, it seems Leonor was only distantly related a mere innkeeper, which has caused much speculation. Tradition is that she was a Taíno tribeswoman, but others claim she was Spanish, possibly his own cousin to Juan.explain why she shared his surname (if she was a native, she would have simply adopted it upon marrying).[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the mighty ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killedenemies foes by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually even received his own wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. crossbowman. Becerrillo was eventually slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying movie: he was assigned to a squad to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador Pedro Mexía, who was married to a the native noblewoman, all of whom were chieftainess Luisa, but a rival tribe attacked their house, overwhelmed their defenses and killed in the carnage. tri-racial BattleCouple, after which Becerrillo died by a poisoned arrow to rescue his handler during the retreat. The Spaniards hosted a secret funeral for the dog and buried him in secret order not to dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He {{Hellhound}}, although he lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence ofgold gold]] soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating precisely where he landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unknowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a small fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisonedarrow.
arrow just like his late dog. The surname Ponce de León would keep popping out here and there in the conquest of America, but there would not be another with his fame.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse him with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was only distantly related to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the mighty ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during battles, in which he usually killed
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the [[GoldFever presence of
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a small fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first Western expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a foreign myth about his career, although he did die the way described.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the happenstance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the Americas, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second voyage in 1493, where they started conquering Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the happenstance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the Americas, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second voyage in 1493, where they started conquering Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first Westernexpedition expeditions to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a foreign myth about his career, myth, although he did die the way described.
He Despite being the most famous point of his career -- if not the most famous historical instance of the ImmortalitySeeker trope, period -- the story about the Fountain of Youth might have become associated with Ponce de León by honest mistake. It all came when a Spanish teenager, Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda, was shipwrecked in Florida and passed seventeen years as a slave of the Calusa natives before being rescued by a conquistador, who had married his owner's sister by AltarDiplomacy and could get him freed. Among all the lore Hernando had the chance to learn, there was the story of a nameless conquistador that came in the search of a magical river of youth before being killed by the Calusa, and as the circumstances and dating of the event seemed to fit Ponce de León, Escalante assumed they were one and the same. However, there's no proof that Ponce de León was interested in the legend of the Fountain, at least openly, and given that many other conquistadors landed and died in Florida at the time, nothing indicates this one was him.
What we know for real about his biography starts there. Ponce de León was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the happenstance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the Americas, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second voyage in 1493, where they started conquering Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first Western
What we know for real about his biography starts there. Ponce de León was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the happenstance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the Americas, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second voyage in 1493, where they started conquering Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
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Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
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Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, who received him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.arrow.
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first western expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a foreign myth about his career, although he did die the way described.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the chance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the America, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second travel in 1493, where they started conquering the Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He had his baptism of fire helping suffocate a rebellion of Taíno natives, who were revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse it with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was actually distant relative to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during the battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wager, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispell native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating which point he landed in. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unkowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that indigenous had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, which received it with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. At the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the chance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the America, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second travel in 1493, where they started conquering the Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He had his baptism of fire helping suffocate a rebellion of Taíno natives, who were revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse it with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was actually distant relative to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during the battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wager, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispell native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating which point he landed in. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unkowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that indigenous had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, which received it with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. At the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first western Western expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a foreign myth about his career, although he did die the way described.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on thechance happenstance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the America, Americas, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second travel voyage in 1493, where they started conquering the Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He had his baptism of fire helpingsuffocate suppress a rebellion of Taíno natives, who were had revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse it him with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was actually distant relative only distantly related to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies duringthe battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wager, wage, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispell dispel native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debatingwhich point precisely where he landed in. landed. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unkowingly unknowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found thatindigenous natives had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, which who received it him with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous forces and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. At In the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the
He had his baptism of fire helping
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and the incident caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that
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Juan Ponce de León y Figueroa (1474-1521) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He is notable for leading the first western expedition to Florida and serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico, although he is much more known in modern pop culture for his supposed search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, which only got him killed by a horde of less enthusiast natives. This story is now considered little more than a foreign myth about his career, although he did die the way described.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the chance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the America, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second travel in 1493, where they started conquering the Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He had his baptism of fire helping suffocate a rebellion of Taíno natives, who were revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse it with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was actually distant relative to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during the battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wager, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispell native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating which point he landed in. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unkowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that indigenous had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, which received it with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. At the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
He was born in Valladolid in the lower nobility, which got him educated and sent to the court of UsefulNotes/TheCatholicMonarchs as a pageboy, and probably participated in the conquest of the last Muslim bulwark of Granada, capitalizing on the chance that one of his relatives, Rodrigo Ponce de León, Duke of Cádiz, was an accomplished general during the conflict. There he personally met UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus, who shortly after became known for his discovery of the America, and as soon as he heard about it, the young and adventurous Ponce sailed off to the new world, even although he was already wealthy and did not need to seek greener pastures. There is controversy whether he embarked with Columbus in his second travel in 1493, where they started conquering the Hispaniola, or in 1502 with Nicolás de Ovando, who was dispatched with a large fleet that also included characters like UsefulNotes/FranciscoPizarro and Creator/BartolomeDeLasCasas (or whether he did both travels). In any case, Ponce de León was deployed there around 1502.
He had his baptism of fire helping suffocate a rebellion of Taíno natives, who were revolted since Columbus had disobeyed Queen Isabella's orders and enslaved them to work them to death. Ovando turned out to be only slightly better than Columbus, as he also laid an iron hand over the natives and committed several massacres (take this with a grain of salt, still, because a lot of the info about this comes from Bartolomé de las Casas, who hated Ovando and is generally a very hyperbolic source), and meanwhile Ponce de León got to be appointed governor of a province, where he got quite rich with yuca plantations. There was a royal order Ovando did follow closely, though, it being that of increasing ''mestizaje'' or intermarrying between Spaniards and natives, as Isabella was of the opinion that making love was more fun than making war. Ponce de León was himself one of the first to do the deed, marrying a native woman baptized as Leonor and having four mestizo children with her.[[note]]One of his sons was named Luis, but don't confuse it with Luis Ponce de León, the judge and future governor of New Spain, who was actually distant relative to Juan.[[/note]]
Ponce de León had a CanineCompanion as famous as himself, Becerrillo, a dog of the ''Alano Español'' breed so loyal and smart that he could differentiate between native allies and enemies during the battles, in which he usually killed enemies by the dozen (his record was apparently 33 kills in a single showing). He wore canine armor, had better food rations than many soldiers, and eventually received his own wager, equivalent to that of a crossbowman, as if he was a fellow human. Becerrillo was slain by many arrows in a mission that sounds like it should receive its own movie, as they were trying to protect the household of a mulatto conquistador who was married to a native noblewoman, all of whom were killed in the carnage. The Spaniards hosted a funeral for the dog and buried him in secret not to dispell native rumors that Becerrillo was a supernatural being. He lived on, kind of, in his puppy Leoncico, who was owned by UsefulNotes/VascoNunezDeBalboa.
He was later sent to settle the island later known as Puerto Rico, which he accomplished easily by befriending the indigenous chieftain Agüeybaná I. Unfortunately, the presence of gold soon drove many Spaniards to work the natives to death again, and a smallpox plague unwittingly brought by them ravaged the island and killed Agüeybaná, causing a revolt that spiraled into a small but bloody war. Although Ponce de León crushed it, his reputation was ruined and caused him to clash against his new superior, Christopher's brother Diego Columbus, so in order to calm things, King Ferdinand encouraged Ponce de León to simply explore new lands away from Columbus' jurisdiction. Ponce the León took this chance to search for some northern islands he had heard about, and what he found was actually the peninsula of Florida, which he named that way because the day he arrived was the festival of ''Pascua Florida'', although historians are still debating which point he landed in. Some say he wasn't even the first, and that other Spaniards had also unkowingly contacted the place.
Ponce de León returned to Cuba and then to Puerto Rico, where he found that indigenous had killed almost everybody and Columbus was using this to undermine him. The explorer then took the trouble to return personally to Spain and talk with King Ferdinand, which received it with honors due to all the knowledge, maps and notes he brought, allowing him to return to Puerto Rico with reinforcements to subject hostile indigenous and start settling Florida, but Ferdinand's death and succession by UsefulNotes/CharlesV forced him to return again and made him waste two years. At the end, he managed to return to Florida at the head of a fleet, but there they were received by the warlike Calusa natives, who killed him with a poisoned arrow.
