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March 3, 1513, with three
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(1460?-1521) was a ________
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ships, the ______ ______,
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explorer and _________
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the _________, and the
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who was the first_________
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____ ___________,
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to set foot in _________.
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and about 200 men.
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After stops at Grand
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He also established the
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Turk Island and San
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_______ European settlement
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Salvador, they reached
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in ________ _____ and
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the east coast of Florida
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discovered the _____
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(St. Augustine) in April 1513.
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_______ (a current in
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Ponce de Leon named
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the Atlantic Ocean).
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the land "Pascua de Florida"
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(_______ ___ _________)
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because they first spotted
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He was also searching
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land on April 2, 1513,
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for the legendary ________
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Palm Sunday. He then
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___ ______ and other riches.
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claimed the land for ______.
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He explored the state
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He was born in ____________,
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between 1513 and 1521.
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Spain around 1460. In
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his younger years he
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served as a _______
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They left on April 8,
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and earned the nickname
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heading south in the
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"_____ ________".
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warm current now known
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as the Gulf Stream.
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This oceanic current
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From that day forward
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would become very
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he trained himself in
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important for Spanish
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the art of _________.
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trips from Europe to America.
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Ponce de Leon later fought
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On the return trip, a ______
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________ in southern
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broke out between Ponce
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Spain in the early 1490's.
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de Leon's men and _______
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Americans in southern
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He sailed on ___________
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Florida.
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__________' second expedition
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to the Americas in 1493.
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They sailed to Cuba,
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Ponce de Leon did not
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then headed north, again
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return to Spain with
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trying to find Bimini
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Columbus; he stayed in
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(but instead, finding
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Santo Domingo where
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Andros Island).
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today it is known as the
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__________ _________.
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After returning to Puerto
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Rico, Ponce de Leon
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There he became a military
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resumed fighting with
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__________ and a deputy
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the Native Americans
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__________.
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(putting down their
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rebellions against Spanish
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He later heard of ______
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rule). He returned to
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in the neighboring island
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Spain and was named
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of Borinquen known as
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a _________ _________
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________ _____ and
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by the King of Spain on
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conquered the island,
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September 27, 1514,
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claiming it for Spain.
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and again sailed to
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He was then appointed
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Puerto Rico to search
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governor of this island.
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for the elusive Bimini.
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His last expedition was
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Due to his extreme ________
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another search for
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to Native Americans, he
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Bimini in 1521. His
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was removed from office
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force of 200 men landed
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in 1511.
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on the west coast
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Ponce de Leon begged
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of Florida, but were
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and persuaded the king
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met by the ________
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to grant him men and
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_________, who _______
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ships to search for the
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many of the men with
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infamous "fountain of
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arrows, including Ponce
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youth" (a legendary
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de Leon. Ponce de
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spring that gave people
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Leon later died in
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_________ _____ and
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Havana, Cuba, from this
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_______).
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________ (in July, 1521).
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He was then given the
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right to find and take
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He is buried in San Juan,
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the island of _______
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Puerto Rico. Even with
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(in the Bahamas); he
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all his discoveries he
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also began searching
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was never able to find
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for this fountain. He sailed
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the "fountain of youth".
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from Puerto Rico on
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