Browne ayes is an award winning artist, visual arts painter, sculptor, photographer. Early spanish explorers were known as conquistadors kahnkeystadawrz or conquerors. For his second voyage, he equipped his fleet and sailed for florida from puerto rico in 1521 with two ships, two. The astrolabe helped you see the position off the stars and the sun in the sky and this helped the navigators to not feel or be lost in the ocean. From 15081509, he explored the island, and founded the oldest settlement of caparra near san juan. He was born in a noble spanish family and was well educated. He was from well educated noble family but there are no such significant facts about his parents and descendents. After finishing his goal of finding the fountain he persuaded in his other plan. He left hispaniola on june 12, 1508, along with a small group and eventually anchored in san juan bay. His name is usually associated with the exploration of puerto rico and florida, where, according to popular legend, he searched for the legendary fountain of youth.
He did this using only a few troops and one greyhound that. There he was wounded by an arrow during an indian attack, and he died after being returned to cuba. He was wounded in an indian attack in florida in 1521 and died in cuba. Webarchive template wayback links use dmy dates from april 2020. He became the first governor of puerto rico by appointment of the spanish crown. To share with more than one person, separate addresses with a comma. Some believe that it doesnt exist, and thats why he never found it. He was also the first european explorer to reach florida. His discoveries helped him to become a rich man and a brave conquistador. To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, im. He created the first settlement in puerto rico by the name of caparra and went on to explore the island for gold. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the spanish military from a young age. You can support us by purchasing something through our amazonurl, thanks. He became interested in sailing through his cousin, christopher columbus, and also was close friends with his neighbor, vasco da gama, so it was no surprise that he became a worldfamous explorer.
Although born into a noble family, he was poor, and like many in similar situations, he sought fame and fortune as a soldier. As a squire, he helped take care of the knights armor and horses. Augustine, florida for years, but never discovered it. In 1493 he accompanied columbus on his second expedition to the americas. Of course that was a nonsense but because of their search of the fountain of youth they found the florida. On the anniversary of his landing in florida, find out.