Juan ponce de Leon By Nina Rodriguez
Juan ponce de Leon explored when Christopher Columbus died, 1506-1521.
On Christopher Columbus 2nd voyage in 1493 a young soldier named Juan ponce de Leon went with him.
On one of Juan ponce de Leon's voyages he and his men got attacked and got shot by a poison arrow.
Juan ponce de Leon was sponsored by Spain.
Juan ponce de Leon settled on a Caribbean island named Hispaniola.
When he was on Hispaniola he was trying to find the magic fountain of youth.
Bibliography SOCAL STUDIES ALIVE Bibliography SOCAL STUDIES ALIVE! Palo Alto, CA; Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, 2010. 66.