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Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer and conquistador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan Ponce de León (1460-1521) was a Spanish nobleman, explorer and colonial governor.[1] Looking for gold and a rumored "Fountain of Youth, he landed on the southeast coast of North America near present-day St. Augustine, Florida.[2] He claimed the lands for Spain and named it La Florida (place of flowers).[2] In 1521, on his second trip to Florida, he was wounded in an attack. The expedition returned to Cuba where he died in July 1521 from his wound.
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