How did the introduction of new food crops from the Americas impact European agriculture and diets?

This beautiful spring is named for Juan Ponce de León, who led the first Spanish expedition to Florida in 1513 - as legend has it - in search of the ... Ponce de León proved himself to be a brave and intrepid explorer, an extremely able governor and administrator. He was also a remarkably perceptive ... The career of Ponce de Le�n (1460?-1521) was in many ways typical of the Spanish conquistadors. A military officer by training, he served in the campaign that ... Juan Ponce de León (born 1460?, Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, León [Spain]—died 1521, Havana, Cuba) was a Spanish explorer who founded the first European ... He renamed the island Puerto Rico. He was the island's governor for two years until the king replaced him with Columbus' son. Discovery of Florida. Hurt by the ... Juan Ponce de Leon received permission from the Spanish crown to search for and se le. Bimini, an island in the Bahamas that the Native Americans said had ... But, when Ponce de Leon arrived, he governed the people under Spanish law and built up a thriving European culture. There was even a large-scale revolution, but ... Juan Ponce de Leon was born on December 3, 1460 in Sines, Germany. He became interested in sailing through his cousin, Christopher Columbus. Juan Ponce de Leon was an important figure in the history of the Spanish colonisation of what are today Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the south-eastern ... De León was a man of many firsts; he was the first to discover the Gulf Stream, become governor of Puerto Rico and conquer Florida for Spain. His search for the ...