TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollack,Pam
AU  - Belviso,Meg
AU  - Putra,Dede
TI  - Who was Ponce de León?
T2  - Who was?
SN  - 039954433X
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
KW  - Ponce de León, Juan,
KW  - Explorers
KW  - America
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Spain
KW  - Florida
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Spanish
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-107); Who was Ponce de León? -- A young page -- The battle of Granada -- Conquest -- Frontier governor -- Borinquén -- Lands to the north -- La Florida -- A Spanish hero -- A new king -- The Calusa -- Timelines -- Bibliography
N2  - "In the early 1500s, Ponce de Leon was one of the most important Spanish military figures in the Caribbean. He made his first voyage across the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus and then, after years of battle with the native Taino, became the first governor of Puerto Rico. Although the story of his search for the Fountain of Youth is entirely fictional, his noteworthy expedition to - and naming of - Florida is one of his greatest legacies"--
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