What were the consequences for indigenous communities that were forced to labor in mines or search for precious metals?

Key Biscayne, Florida's southernmost barrier island, was occupied by the Tequesta Indians of the Calusa Nation who fished and hunted with success. Juan Ponce de ... Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer and conquistador, best known for his quest to find the Fountain of Youth and for being the first European to set foot ... 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 ... Before the Spanish came to La Florida, the Timucuan Indian village was established at this site for nearly 3,000 years. In 1513 Juan Ponce De Leon claimed ... 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 ... Jul 30, 2013 ... Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who is thought to be one of the first Europeans to step foot on many of the Central American and Caribbean lands. Juan Ponce de Leon was best known for leading the exploration of Florida and looking for the Fountain of Youth. Juan was born in Spain in the year of 1474 and ... 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 ... 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. Juan Ponce de León was an important figure in the history of the Spanish colonization of what are today Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the southeastern United ...