Get latest issue shine india monthly magazine published this article page no 16 he was made the governor of puerto rico a year later and his eventual capitol was named after his more pious namesake san juan. local indian tribes like the tainos would have surely preferred san juan over governor juan who quickly enslaved them and forced them to work in the mines. in a familiar story the indigenous peoples of puerto rico also died in droves from infectious european diseases that they had no natural immunity to. politics and legalities care nothing for the vastness of oceans and that was true in ponces time as well. in 1512 diego columbus had pressed the spanish crown to sign over the right to govern puerto rico as part of an earlier agreement the king had made with his father christopher. as such ponce was removed as governor. unsurprisingly ponce felt cheated. determined to recover his glory and good name ponce equipped three ships (at his own expense) and set sail for the undiscovered countries to the north. in 1513 ponce de leon was probably the 1st european to set foot on what is today known as florida (or maybe not as he supposedly met a floridian indian who spoke decent spanish latter that year). the date of the landing was april 2 the pascua florida or flowery passover a.k.a. easter season. it is from this holiday the region received its name. still lusting for glory ponce returned to spain in 1514. there he received a commission to conquer the caribs of guadalupe. he attempted this in 1515 but was unsuccessful and returned to puerto rico shine india monthly magazine telugu buy.
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