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Ponce de Leon was thought to be born around 1460 to 1474.
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Ponce fights the Muslims out of the Iberian Penninsula sice 711 A.D.
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Ponce sees the new world for the first time on Columbus's second journey to thought to be India.
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He goes back after the great fight of the Taino indians and the Spaniards and finishes with a load of loand for himself
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Ponce goes to Puerto Rico on a secret mission for gold.
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Ponce becomes the governor or Puerto Rico and makes Diego Columbus ( Christopher Columbus's son ) REALLY mad.
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Diego Columbus brought the king himself to court because Columbus found it and claimed Puerto Rico as his Diego's land. Diego won and the whole Puerto Rico town was wiped out and Ponce lost govern-ship
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Ponce finds a land and names it Pascua de Florida ( feast of flowers ) ( Florida )
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Poce went back to Spain to see the new king and see if he can still go on his explorations but decided to rest for a while. The new kings name was King Charles I ( King Charles the first )
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Ponce goes back to Florida and sets up a permanent settlement that will last a while.
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Ponce gets hit by a poisoned arrow by one of the Flordian tribes.
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Ponce de Leon died from infection started from a poisoned arrow. He died in Havana, Cuba.
