3. PONCE DE LEÓN
Spanish explorer
1513 sailed to
Florida
First to set foot on
mainland North
America
4.
5.
6. deLeon set out in
order to find the
famed “Fountain of
Youth”.
Ponce de Leon made
most of his money
capturing native
people to be sold
into slavery
Hisset war dogs
(bull mastiffs) on
natives which led to
his removal by
Spanish authorities