What was the role of patronage and personal connections in the success of Spanish explorers?

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 ... Nov 23, 2021 ... Juan Ponce de León served in the army for 10 years and he fought in a battle to conquer el reino de Granada (the kingdom of Granada)—a battle ... Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460 in Santervás, Spain. He was an explorer and fighter from an early age and helped fight the Muslims in southern Spain in the ... Historians credit Juan Ponce de Leon, the first governor of the Island of Puerto Rico, with the discovery of Florida in 1513. While on an exploratory trip ... Juan Ponce “Poncie” de León was a student at Clone High High School and a clone of the Spanish conquistador, Juan Ponce de Leon, who traveled to Florida in ... Juan Ponce de León (1460-1521) was a Spanish nobleman, explorer and colonial governor. ... Looking for gold and a rumored "Fountain of Youth", he landed on the ... Ponce de Leon served as governor of the Spanish colony of San Juan (modern-day Puerto Rico). There, he was known as a conquistador with a reputation for taking ... Jun 1, 2022 ... A legend has arisen that Ponce de León was not really interested in land or riches in the New World but was actually seeking the "fountain of ... History of Juan Ponce de Leon's Voyages to Florida: Source Records. Florida Historical Society Quarterly. Volume 14, number 1 (July 1935), pages 3-70. 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 ...