Juan Ponce de León

1474–1521

Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to Florida.

Juan Ponce de León (1474–1521) was an explorer, born in Santervás de Campos and died in Havana.

Known as: Explorer
Category: Explorers
Born: 1474, Santervás de Campos
Died: 1521, Havana

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Age of Discovery

Christopher Columbus c. 1451–1506, explorer
Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480–1521, explorer
John Cabot c. 1450–c. 1500, explorer

Alive at the same time as Juan Ponce de León

Jakob Fugger 1459–1525, banker
Vasco da Gama c. 1460–1524, explorer
Piri Reis c. 1465–1553, admiral and cartographer
Erasmus 1466–1536, humanist
Pedro Álvares Cabral c. 1467–c. 1520, explorer
Guru Nanak 1469–1539, religious leader
Niccolò Machiavelli 1469–1527, political philosopher
Albrecht Dürer 1471–1528, artist
Nicolaus Copernicus 1473–1543, astronomer
Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475–1519, explorer
Francisco Pizarro c. 1478–1541, conquistador
Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480–1521, explorer

Portrait: Jacques Reich (based on an earlier work by another artist), Public domain.