Where was juan ponce de león born

Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who is credited with being the first European to reach Florida in He was also the first governor of Puerto Rico.

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Ponce de León was born in in the Spanish province of León.

He served as a page in the royal court of Aragon and later fought in a campaign against the Moors in Granada. In , he joined Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the Americas.

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In , Ponce de Leon was granted permission by the Spanish crown to explore and settle the island of Puerto Rico.

He founded the first European settlement on the island, Caparra, in Ponce de Leon served as governor of Puerto Rico from to , but he was removed from office by Diego Colon, the son of Christopher Columbus.

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In , Ponce de Leon led an expedition to explore the coast of Florida.

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