Florida claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Report an Error
  • The Literary Encyclopedia. WORLD HISTORY AND IDEAS: A CROSS-CULTURAL VOLUME.

Resources

This Spanish explorer discovered Florida while searching for the fountain of youth.

12 words

Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Florida claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9909, accessed 19 March 2024.]

9909 Florida claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.