Juan Ponce de León (c. 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first official European expedition to Puerto Rico...

Troche and Juana Ponce de León. The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León was Ponce de León II's maternal grandfather. Ponce de León II was sent by the...

Juan Ponce de León y Loayza (born San Juan, Puerto Rico) was the son of Juan Ponce de León II (born Juan Troche-Ponce de León), the interim Spanish governor...

Avenida Juan Ponce de León, coextensive as Puerto Rico Highway 25 (PR-25) along its entire length, is one of the main thoroughfares in San Juan, Puerto...

States. The Town of Ponce de Leon was named after Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León. It is part of the Florida Panhandle in North Florida. The population...

Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521) was an early Spanish explorer who is credited as being the first European to land in North America, and was the first colonial...

became associated with the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, the first Governor of Puerto Rico. Ponce de León was supposedly searching for the Fountain...

De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish origin surname, often toponymic, in which case it may possibly indicate an ultimate family origin in the Kingdom...

Ponce de León y Cabello (10 September 1906 – 29 September 1936) was a Spanish painter and propagandist. He was the son of jurist Juan Ponce de León y...

Stone Mountain, Georgia. It was named for Ponce de Leon Springs, in turn from explorer Juan Ponce de León, but is not pronounced as in Spanish. Several...

populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson...

León may also refer to: Juan Ponce de León II (1524–1591), grandson of Juan Ponce de León; first Puerto Rican Governor of Puerto Rico Juan Ponce de León...

Nájera. Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León II Juan Ponce de León y Loayza Luis Ponce de León Pedro Ponce de León the Elder Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th...

A statue of Juan Ponce de León was erected in the Plaza de San José in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1882. In 2022, the statue was vandalized and knocked...

conquests of Cuba by Diego Velázquez and the expeditions to Florida by Juan Ponce de León. By 1519, he had joined Cortes's forces and invaded present-day Mexico...

Uruguayan-Spanish documentary film written and directed by Facundo Ponce de León and Juan Ponce de León in their respective feature directorial debuts. The film...

la Fuente. Ponce de León is also related to: Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León II Juan Ponce de León y Loayza Roderigo Ponce de Leon, marques of...

the title of Alcalde Mayor to replace Ovando's favorite, Juan Ponce de León. Ponce de León had just begun the conquest of Puerto Rico the previous year...

the Ponce de Leon Spring, its most distinctive feature, which is fed by the Floridan Aquifer. The spring was named in honor of Juan Ponce de León, an...

de las Carnes (English: Meat Market), also known as La Plaza de los Perros (English: Dogs' Plaza), but formally, Plaza Juan Ponce de León (Juan Ponce...

a population of 137 inhabitants and is known as the birthplace of Juan Ponce de León. Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, during a trade mission to Spain...

similar to a bar association). Lola's mother, Carmen Ponce de León, was a descendant of Juan Ponce de León, who was an explorer, and the first Spanish Governor...

Florida peninsula. Spanish Florida was established in 1513, when Juan Ponce de León claimed peninsular Florida for Spain during the first official European...

tribes. Agüeybaná, the older, received Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León upon Ponce de León's arrival to Puerto Rico in 1508. According to an old Taíno...

been whelped in either the kennels of Diego Columbus or those of Juan Ponce de León. A black eyed, medium-sized dog with a red coloured coat, it is recorded...

person to officially occupy the position was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1509. At the time, the Spanish monarchy was responsible for appointing...

who struck the initial peace agreement with Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1508, Agüeybaná II rose to power. Beginning his reign amidst native...

palace built on land which belonged to the family of Ponce de León. In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original settlement, Caparra (named after...

the Navy named for Ponce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León, the first governor...

business district of San Juan and a nickname given to the sections of Juan Ponce de León Avenue and Luis Muñoz Rivera Avenue that cross Hato Rey Norte from...