What were the challenges of mapping and charting the coastline of Florida in the 16th century?

Ponce de Leon was a sailor and explorer who discovered Florida by many accounts and the famed Fountain of Youth. This St. Augustine historical recount ... 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 ... Nov 9, 2009 ... Juan Ponce de León, born into Spanish nobility, was a soldier and explorer who served as governor of the eastern province of Hispaniola when ... 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 ... Juan Ponce de Leon was from a noble family and was born in about 1474. He served as a soldier as a young man and then joined Christopher Columbus on his second ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... Apr 1, 2017 ... Augustine and claimed the territory for the Spanish crown. He gave Florida its name, which means “full of flowers.” He named the peninsula — he ... 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 ...