How did the exploration of Florida contribute to the evolving cartography of the Americas?

Father Bannon asks the question: "Were the Spanish Conquistadores. Men or Devils? He does not answer it but provides the judgments of others of all ages. The ... Mar 28, 2020 ... Ponce de Leon may have named the place then known as Bimini — which he thought was an island — after the Easter time "Feast of Flowers," but he ... Feb 8, 2013 ... This year, Florida commemorates the 500th anniversary of Juan Ponce de León's ... While Ponce de Leon's time in Florida was short, his impact was ... Aug 30, 2023 ... Juan Ponce de León was born into Spanish nobility and may have accompanied Christopher Columbus on the 1493 voyage to the New World. In 1521, Juan Ponce de León returned to Florida with 200 settlers and started a Spanish colony on the west coast. Mar 4, 2013 ... Juan Ponce de León finding himself without office … and seeing himself rich, determined to do something with which to gain honor and ... Apr 4, 2013 ... Juan Ponce de León was born to a noble family in Spain in 1474 and in his teens fought against the Moors in Granada. In 1493 he sailed as a ... Half a millennium ago, in 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León departed Puerto Rico for the verdant island of “Bimini”—an uncharted land in what is now ... PS 161 Juan Ponce De Leon School, District 628 Tinton Avenue, Bronx, NY 10455, 718-292-5478, 718-292-5476, School Website Written records about life in Florida began with the arrival of the Spanish explorer and adventurer Juan Ponce de León in 1513.