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4 days ago · Juan Ponce de Leon found fresh water, called the island Santa Marta and claimed it for the King of Spain in 1513. The King of Spain granted the island to Pedro Fornelis, a native of Minorca. Florida became a territory of the United States in 1821.
1 day ago · Juan Ponce de León returned to America in 1521 to establish a colony, but the native Calusa people fought back against the invasion. The Spaniards retreated to Cuba, where Ponce de León died ...
1 day ago · Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain), was the first governor of Puerto Rico. His grandson Juan Ponce de Leon II was the first indigenous governor of Puerto Rico. On September 24, 1493, Christopher Columbus set sail on his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200 to 1,500 soldiers from Cádiz.
4 days ago · In 1508 the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León founded the original settlement, Caparra, on the almost landlocked harbour just to the west of the present metropolitan area. In 1521 the settlement was moved to a rocky islet at the harbour entrance.
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2 days ago · Nine days without electricity. That is the reality of a group of merchants on Juan Ponce de León Avenue, one of the main arteries of the capital city; and the worst thing is that they still do ...
22 hours ago · El comisionado de la Policía de Puerto Rico, Antonio López Figueroa, informo, el arresto de Abiel Vélez Rivera, alias "Cano", uno de los líderes y gatilleros de la organización criminal que opera en la Barriada Zambrana en Coamo. El Coronel Carlos Cruz, director de la Superintendencia de Operaciones Especiales (SAOE), indicó que al sujeto ...
1 day ago · En Ponce. PONCE – Tres vecinos del barrio Vallas Torres, que según confidencias recibidas por la Policía se dirigían al barrio Coto Laurel para ejecutar a balazos a un individuo, fueron arrestados ayer por agentes de la División de Drogas de Ponce, quienes les ocuparon tres pistolas. Los individuos viajaban en un Kia Rio, modelo del 2019 ...
