1. Juan ponce de Leon BY : DIEGO MOLINA AND JACKSON WHITE

2. CHILDHOOD He was born in 1460.he died in Cuba born in the village of Travis de. He lived in Spain in 1474 February 1502 de Leon took another voyages with fray nickels

3. Facts about Juan ponce de Leon  He tried to find gold. He took three ships. He was exploring the discovered Bahamas. He also found Cuba he sailed from purretonon with 2 hundred men. Crew went as far as Havana, he believed he could find the fountain of youth.

4. Important facts  He sailed with Christopher Columbus he named Florida he fought native Americans. He sailed across the Atlantic ocean he was a Italian merchant. He hoped to reach eastern Asia. Many Europeans followed him across the Atlantic ocean.

5. Significance in American history He founded Cuba and when ponce de Leon did that it expanded land in the Caribbean islands. He explored by the Bahamas where he found Cuba and then shortly founded it

6. Intresting facts When he died he was buried under the alter of a church He was governor of Puerto Rico until 1512 He first named Florida Pascal Florida