Abstract
On that day between the 2nd and 8th of April, 1513, when Juan Ponce de Leon stepped from his landing boat upon the sandy shore of Florida he opened the positive history of the white man within the limits of the present United States. Since then, through the centuries, his name has been perpetuated by history and is better known today than any of the early explorers with the single exception of Columbus. But the circumstances of his discovery of Florida are seldom related with historical accuracy, while those of his second voyage to colonize Florida are scarcely known at all. This is due in large part, without doubt, to the inaccessibility of the original Spanish records and the dearth of English translations of them. The purpose of this work is to provide accurate translations of these source records in full, that the student of American history may have before him under one cover all that is known historically concerning Ponce de Leon’s two voyages to Florida.
Recommended Citation
Davis, T. Frederick
(1935)
"History of Juan Ponce de Leon's Voyages to Florida,"
Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 14:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fhq/vol14/iss1/3
