This informative publication follows the travels of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Lon to the Caribbean and Florida. old details and high-interest truth bins are offered in a tabloid-news kind that courses readers via significant voyages, explorations, and discoveries. subject matters contain Ponce de Lons journey to the hot global on Columbus moment voyage, being appointed a governor within the Caribbean, his activities towards the Taino humans, existence within the Spanish colonies, claiming Florida for Spain, and his legacy.
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