Traveling along Florida State Road A1A near Juan Ponce de León Landing Park in Brevard's barrier island near Melbourne Beach.

On Sept. 27, 1514, the Spanish crown granted the explorer Juan Ponce de León a contract to settle the islands of Bimini and Florida (de León thought the latter was an island). His first contract, ...

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 : 1474-1493 : Early years and the discovery of Puerto Rico -- Chapter 2 : 1493-1511 : Peon, conquistador, explorer, governor -- Chapter 3 : ...

Cobblestones are blue in Puerto Rico's oldest city, evidence of its age and ties to the Old World. To walk on them is to step back more than five centuries when Juan Ponce de León walked ashore.

A full-length portrait of explorer Juan Ponce de Leon holding a sword. The sculpture is mounted atop a base with three steps at the bottom.